TY  - JOUR
AU  - Zyaambo, Cosmas 
AU  - Babaniyi, Olusegun 
AU  - Songolo, Peter 
AU  - Muula, Adamson S. 
AU  - Rudatsikira, Emmanuel 
AU  - Siziya, Seter 
PY  - 2013
TI  - Alcohol Consumption and its Correlates Among Residents of Mining Town, Kitwe, Zambia: 2011 Population Based Survey
JF  - Current Research in Medicine
VL  - 4
IS  - 1
DO  - 10.3844/amjsp.2013.6.11
UR  - https://thescipub.com/abstract/amjsp.2013.6.11
AB  - Alcohol consumption is a risk factor for non-communicable diseases such as cardiovascular diseases, liver cirrhosis and cancers. It has also been associated with risky sexual behaviors, hence, attributed as a factor in the increase of HIV incidence and prevalence. A cross sectional study was conducted using a modified World Health Organizations Global Non Communicable Diseases (NCD) Surveillance Initiative NCD-STEPs 1and 2. Multivariate logistic regression was used to examine the determinants of alcohol consumption. A total of 1627 individuals participated in the survey, of which 42.3% were males. Some 22.3% (36.2% of male and 12.1% of female; p