Prevalence and Correlates of Alcohol Consumption among Hill-Tribe Adolescents below the Legal Drinking Age—A Community-based Cross-Sectional Study in Northern Thailand
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15508163 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Narongsak Noosorn (0000-0002-2814-6277, Naresuan University, corresponding author), Civilaiz Wanaratwichit (0000-0002-3471-7857, Naresuan University), Shamsudeen Yau (0000-0002-6665-9081, Naresuan University), Nuansiri Kedsai (Naresuan University) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 21 |
| Pages | 8266-8266 |
| Publication date | 2020-11-09 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601 |
| Publisher | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH) |
| DOI | 10.3390/ijerph17218266 |
| OpenAlex | W3101184843 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 32 |
Alcohol drinking has been prevalent among various hill tribes of northern Thailand due to their distinctively different lifestyles, traditions, cultures and beliefs than the general Thai population; the majority of these traditions involve annual rounds of customary rituals that make alcohol abundantly accessible to all age groups. To study the prevalence and predictors of alcohol use, a community-based analytical cross-sectional study was conducted between October 2017–September 2018 among 480 sampled adolescents aged 12 through 18 years drawn by stratified random sampling. A proprietary questionnaire developed by the researchers was used to collect the data which were analyzed using binary logistic regression. The prevalence of alcohol use in the previous 30 days was 46.7%. Drinking predictors were: having at least a drinking parent, drinking peers, ever been sent to buy alcohol, smoking, cordial relationship with peers, gambling, family violence experience, stress and leisure time company. Therefore, our results suggest that prevention interventions should be designed with a focus on discouraging parents from sending children to buy alcohol and drinking or smoking in their presence; to reduce both social and commercial access to alcohol, age limits should be imposed on alcohol intake at all ceremonious events, while strictly reinforcing the law that prohibits selling alcohol to minors
Alcohol · Alcohol consumption · Cross-sectional study · Environmental health · Injury prevention · Logistic regression · Poison control · Population · Psychiatry · Psychological intervention · Sociology · Stratified sampling · Suicide prevention · Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects · Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research · Demography · Human Factors and Ergonomics · Medicine · Psychology · Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
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| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |