BACKGROUND There is a paucity of information on prevalence and pattern of alcohol consumption in India. AIM To assess the prevalence and pattern of alcohol consumption in a rural area of Tamil Nadu, India. MATERIAL AND METHODS A community based, cross sectional study was conducted among 946 subjects who were aged 10 years and above, in rural Tamil Nadu, India. Data on alcohol use was collec...

BACKGROUND Alcohol problems are a major health issue in Nepal and remain under diagnosed. Increase in consumption are due to many factors, including advertising, pricing and availability, but accurate information is lacking on the prevalence of current alcohol use disorders. The AUDIT (Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test) questionnaire developed by WHO identifies individuals along the full...

OBJECTIVE To analyze alcohol and tobacco use among Brazilian adolescents and identify higher-risk subgroups. METHODS A systematic review of the literature was conducted. Searches were performed using four databases (LILACS, MEDLINE /PubMed, Web of Science, and Google Scholar), specialized websites and the references cited in retrieved articles. The search was done in English and Portuguese an...

background: it is clear that tobacco smoking and substance abuse have negative consequences on adolescent and youth’s health. tobacco smoking especially hookah smoking has increased worldwide especially among university students. this study aimed to determine the prevalence of risk‑taking behaviors such as cigarette smoking, hookah smoking, alcohol use, and drug abuse and its predictors in stud...

The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of experimental alcohol intake and associated factors in early adolescence. The overall sample consisted of 4,452 adolescents (mean age = 11.3 years; SD = 0.3) from the 1993 birth cohort in Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil. Experimental use of alcohol was reported by 17.5% of the interviewees (95%CI: 16.3-18.6), and 5% reported having...

background: attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (adhd) is a common psychiatric disorder among children and adolescents that can be continued into adulthood in 30 to 50% of cases. adult adhd disorder can affect the performance of an individual and may predispose to drug abuse, alcoholism, smoking, sexual offenses, violation of law, educational and other social problems. the coincidences of ...

The purpose of this review was to identify and assess studies that have quantified the association between alcohol consumption and HIV infection in sub-Saharan Africa. PubMed, CAB Abstracts and article references were searched to identify studies published in English between 2000 and 2008 that reported relative measures of the association between alcohol use and HIV prevalence and/or seroconver...