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A Study on Community Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Alcohol Consumption in Myanmar (Case Study: Kyauktan Township, Yangon Region) (Si Thu Haty, 2023) Si Thu Htay Alcohol consumption is one of the most important issues of future health, sociocultural and economic problems. The main objective of the study is to identify community knowledge, attitude and practice of alcohol consumption in Kyauktan Township. This paper used descriptive method by using primary and secondary data. The survey was conducted in selected 2 wards (Ah Nauk Paing and Ah Lel Paing) from total 9 wards of Kyauktan township. Among them, only 250 persons were chosen as sample size by using snowball sampling method. The most respondents who have much knowledge about “can addict alcohol drinking”, “regular or over drinking is affected to health”, “alcohol drinking causes liver disease” and “alcohol drinking causes stomach ulcer disease”. Their mean scores are above 4 and most respondents who agree they have accepted causes and diseases of alcohol consumption. Some respondents have not much knowledge about “restricted areas by government” and the mean score is the lowest among all the knowledge about alcohol consumption. The most respondents who have good attitude about “alcohol drinking should limit at home” and “alcohol drinking should limit below 18 years old”. The respondents have good practice about “eating nutritious food daily” and its mean score is 4.64 and the highest score among the practice about alcohol consumption. 2023-03-01 https://meral.edu.mm/records/8987