title: Support for breaking the nexus between alcohol and community sports settings: findings from the VicHealth Community Attitudes Survey in Australia.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study describes levels and predictors of community attitudes towards alcohol, support for structural alterations to the drinking context, and intention to increase participation in community sports clubs.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cross-sectional data were obtained from the VicHealth Community Attitudes Survey on Healthy Sporting Environments, administered to a random sample of Victorian adults. Descriptive and multivariate logistic regression analysis was undertaken.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Very high support for removing alcohol sponsorship of community sport and for a levy on alcohol advertising was found. The groups most supportive of breaking the nexus between alcohol and community sport were female, older-aged and non-English-speaking citizens and those not involved in sport clubs. If alcohol sales at community sports clubs were reduced, participation may increase among population groups currently identified as least engaged with community sport.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  An optimal climate exists for policy reforms to make community sporting environments healthier by reducing the ties with alcohol. If implemented, these reforms may lead to an increase and diversification of participants in community sport.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Social Science, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. claire.tobin@monash.edu
authors.forename: Claire L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Tobin
authors.forename: John L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Fitzgerald
authors.forename: Charles
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Livingstone
authors.forename: Lisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Thomson
authors.forename: Todd A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Harper
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000523:psychology*; D000435:Alcoholic Intoxication / Q000523:psychology*; D001294:Attitude to Health; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003625:Data Collection; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011639:Public Opinion; D012931:Social Environment; D013177:Sports / Q000523:psychology*; D014739:Victoria