Alcohol consumption among adolescents:

Alcohol consumption and violence among Argentine adolescents.

OBJECTIVE This study investigated the association between alcohol and violence among Argentine youth. METHODS Data from the 2007 Argentina Global School-based Student Health Survey (GSHS), a nationally representative survey of middle school students, were examined using age-adjusted logistic regression models. RESULTS Of the 1,328 participating students aged 13 to 15 years old, 51.9% report...

Exposure to alcohol advertising and alcohol consumption among Australian adolescents.

AIMS Underage drinking is a major problem in Australia and may be influenced by exposure to alcohol advertising. The objective of the present study was to collect data on 12-17 year old Australian adolescents' exposure to different types of alcohol advertising and examine the association between exposure to advertising and alcohol consumption. METHODS A cross-sectional survey of 1113 adolesce...

Anticipating and addressing event-specific alcohol consumption among adolescents

BACKGROUND Various specific events and celebrations are associated with excessive alcohol consumption and related harms. End-of-school celebrations such as Schoolies in Australia are of particular concern given high levels of documented harm among underage and young drinkers. The present study investigated high school students' expectations of their Schoolies celebrations to inform future inter...

Alcohol consumption among adolescents: attitudes, behaviors and associated factors.

The scope of this paper is to assess the attitudes and behaviors regarding alcohol use and analyze associated factors among schoolchildren in public schools of Campina Grande in the state of Paraíba. A cross-sectional study was carried out involving 574 adolescents, with the application of a semi-structured questionnaire. The chi-square test and Fisher's exact test were used (5% level of signif...

Alcohol Consumption Among Adolescents — Implications for Public Health