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Alcohol Consumption and Health Outcomes Among Men in a Rural HIV-Endemic Cohort in South Africa

South Africa, 2018 - 2020
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AHRI.MenAlcoholMerged1-3
Producer(s)
Alison Castle, Kobus Herbst, Mark Siedner, Willem Hanekom
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May 29, 2025
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Jun 07, 2025
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  • Identification
  • Version
  • Scope
  • Coverage
  • Producers and sponsors
  • Sampling
  • Data collection
  • Data processing
  • Access policy
  • Metadata production

    • Identification

    Survey ID number
    AHRI.MenAlcoholMerged1-3
    Title
    Alcohol Consumption and Health Outcomes Among Men in a Rural HIV-Endemic Cohort in South Africa
    Country
    Name Country code
    South Africa ZA
    Abstract
    This study investigates the associations between alcohol use and HIV-related clinical outcomes, healthcare access, and mortality among men in a rural, HIV-endemic area of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Data were collected from 5,771 men aged 15 years and older who participated in the Vukuzazi community-based health screening program between May 2018 and March 2020, and were linked to longitudinal clinical and mortality data available through the Africa Health Research Institute's Health and Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS). Major variables include alcohol consumption (AUDIT-C score), HIV serostatus, awareness of HIV-positive status, viral load, CD4 count, clinic retention, and vital status.
    Kind of Data
    Survey Data, clinical data, longitudinal follow-up data
    Unit of Analysis
    Individual male participants aged 15 years and older

    Version

    Version Description
    V1.0.0

    Scope

    Topics
    Topic Vocabulary URI
    HIV, Alcohol Use, Population Surveillance, Mortality, Health Services Accessibility, Men’s Health Africa Health Research Institute
    Keywords
    alcohol, men, HIV, South Africa, rural health, mortality, clinical outcomes, clinic access

    Coverage

    Geographic Coverage
    AHRI's Health and Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS) in uMkhanyakude District, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The HDSS area spans 845 km² and includes ~150,000 residents. Participants were enrolled through a population-based mobile clinic health screening program called Vukuzazi conducted between 2018 and 2020.
    Universe
    All male residents of the AHRI HDSS aged 15 years and older who participated in the Vukuzazi health screening and provided informed consent.

    Producers and sponsors

    Primary investigators
    Name Affiliation
    Alison Castle Africa Health Research Institute (AHRI)
    Kobus Herbst Africa Health Research Institute (AHRI)
    Mark Siedner Africa Health Research Institute (AHRI)
    Willem Hanekom Africa Health Research Institute (AHRI)
    Producers
    Name
    Africa Health Research Institute
    Funding Agency/Sponsor
    Name Abbreviation Role
    National Institutes of Health NIH Funder
    Wellcome Trust WT Funder
    Other Identifications/Acknowledgments
    Name
    Vukuzazi Participants
    HDSS residents
    AHRI Field Staff

    Sampling

    Sampling Procedure
    All male residents aged 15 years and older within the HDSS were eligible and invited to participate in the mobile health screening program.

    Data collection

    Dates of Data Collection
    Start End
    2018-05-25 2020-03-13

    Data processing

    Data Editing
    The data collected and captured on REDCap were uploaded to a MySQL database server within a secure server cluster at AHRI.

    Access policy

    Access conditions
    Access to the data requires accurate completion of the online data access application form accessible on the AHRI Data repository(<https://data.ahri.org/>). Data users are required to abide by the data use conditions stipulated on the application for access to the data. Failure to do so may result in their data access privileges being revoked by the Data Custodian. In order to recognise the effort and intellectual contributions of AHRI investigators in producing and curating the data, users of AHRI data must acknowledge the source of the data and abide by the terms and conditions under which the data is accessed and must cite the dataset in publication using the citation provided as part of this documentation. All analytical datasets published on the AHRI Data Repository are assigned digital object identifier (DOIs) and the DOIs can be found on the Data Repository under Study Description tab - Access policy. AHRI data users are required to always cite the dataset using the relevant DOI.

    This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).
    Citation requirements
    Castle, A., Herbst, K., Siedner, M., & Hanekom, W. (2025). Alcohol Consumption and Health Outcomes Among Men in a Rural HIV-Endemic Cohort in South Africa [Data set]. Africa Health Research Institute.
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.23664/AHRI.MENALCOHOLMERGED1-3

    Metadata production

    DDI Document ID
    DDI.MenAlcoholMerged1-3
    Producers
    Name Abbreviation
    Africa Health Research Institute AHRI
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