Alcohol use beliefs and behaviors among high school students |
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| Institution: | 1. East York Health Unit, Toronto, Ontario, Canada;1. Department of Dermatology, Venereology, and Leprosy, R.G. Kar Medical College, Kolkata, West Bengal, India;2. Department of Cardiology, R.G. Kar Medical College, Kolkata, West Bengal, India;3. Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine and Sagar Dutta Hospital, West Bengal, India;1. Department of Surgery, University of Colorado Denver, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA;2. Integrative Cell Biology Program, Loyola University Chicago Health Sciences Division, Maywood, IL, USA;3. Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Loyola University Chicago Health Sciences Division, Maywood, IL, USA;4. Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA;5. Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Atlanta Veterans Affairs and Emory University Medical Centers, Decatur, GA, USA;6. Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY, USA;7. Department of Medicine, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA;8. Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep and Allergy, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA;9. Veterans Affairs Nebraska-Western Iowa Health Care System, Omaha, NE, USA;10. Department of Physiology, Louisiana State University Health Science Center, New Orleans, LA, USA;11. Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA;12. Department of Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA;13. Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA, USA;14. Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Pennsylvania State College of Medicine, 500 University Drive, Hershey, PA, USA;15. Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester, MA, USA;1. Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Hospital of Limoges, France, 8 Avenue Dominique Larrey, 87042 Limoges Cedex, France;2. Department of Surgery, Oscar Lambret Center, 3 rue Frédérique Combemale, 59020 Lille, France;3. Department of Surgery, Institut Paoli Calmettes Cancer Center, 232, Boulevard Sainte-Marguerite, 13273 Marseille, France;4. Department of Radiation Oncology, Institut Paoli Calmettes Cancer Center, 232, Boulevard Sainte-Marguerite, 13273 Marseille, France |
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| Abstract: | Purpose: To identify specific alcohol use beliefs and behaviors among local high school students; to determine whether relationships exist between alcohol use and various sociodemographic and lifestyle behaviors; and to assist in the development and implementation of alcohol abuse prevention programs.Methods: This cross-sectional study involved the completion of a questionnaire by 1236 Grade 9–13 students (86% response rate) from 62 randomly selected classrooms in three Canadian urban schools. Data analyzed here are part of a larger lifestyle survey.Results: A total of 24% of students reported never having tasted alcohol, 22% have tasted alcohol but do not currently drink, 39% are current moderate drinkers, 11% are current heavy drinkers (five or more drinks on one occasion at least once a month), and 5% did not answer. Reasons stated most often for not drinking were “bad for health” and “upbringing,” while reasons stated most often for drinking were “enjoy it” and “to get in a party mood.” Student drinking patterns were significantly related to gender, ethnicity, grade, and the reported drinking habits of parents and friends. Older male adolescents who describe their ethnicity as Canadian are at higher risk for heavy drinking than students who are younger or female, or identify their ethnicity as European or Asian. Current heavy drinkers are at higher risk than other students for engaging in other high-risk behaviors such as drinking and driving, being a passenger in a car when the driver is intoxicated, and daily smoking.Conclusions: Heavy alcohol use in adolescents remains an important community health concern. Older self-described Canadian and Canadian-born male adolescents are at higher risk for heavy drinking. Current and heavy drinking rises significantly between Grades 9 and 12. Students who drink heavily are more likely to drink and drive, to smoke daily, and to have friends and parents who drink alcohol. |
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