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Prevalence and patterns of alcohol consumption and health-risk behaviors among high school students in Thailand.
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Assanangkornchai, Sawitri Mukthong, Anocha Intanont, Tanomsri |
| Copyright Year | 2009 |
| Abstract | BACKGROUND Underage drinking is a significant social and public health problem in Thailand. We report the prevalence and patterns of alcohol consumption and associated health-risk behaviors using data from a 2007-2008 national school survey. METHOD A cross-sectional survey using a self-administered questionnaire was conducted among 50,033 high school and vocational college students from 201 schools in 40 provinces between December 2007 and February 2008. RESULTS The prevalence rates of past-year drinking, past-30-day binge drinking, and drinking until intoxication were 25.5, 9.5, and 17.3% in boys and 14.5, 3.7, and 7.2% in girls, respectively. Higher school levels, lower grades, living with someone other than their own parents, and having family members with substance or alcohol problems were significantly associated with all kinds of drinking. Binge drinkers were significantly more likely to have drinking consequences, e.g., driving after drinking, nausea and vomiting, and having a hangover than were nonbinge drinkers. The rates of other behavior and emotional problems were 2.5 to 6.7 times as likely in drinkers as nondrinkers, including smoking (35.1% vs. 4.9%), prescription drug misuse (17.7% vs. 6.7%), illicit substance use (17.8% vs. 2.4%), carrying a weapon (6.5% vs. 1.8%), feeling depressed (23.2% vs. 10.9%), suicidal attempt (10.5% vs. 3.8%), and sexual intercourse (30.5% vs. 5.7%). CONCLUSION Alcohol consumption is a serious problem among adolescents in Thailand and is strongly associated with various health-risk behaviors. Effective age- and gender-specific interventions should be implemented to discourage underage drinking and associated adverse health and social consequences. |
| Starting Page | 2131 |
| Ending Page | 2140 |
| Page Count | 10 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.safetylit.org/week/2009/090921.pdf |
| PubMed reference number | 19740137v1 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1530-0277.2009.01043.x |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2009.01043.x |
| Journal | Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research |
| Volume Number | 33 |
| Issue Number | 12 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Alcohol consumption Behavior Binge Drinking Binge eating disorder Coitus Cross Reactions Depressive disorder Drug abuser Ethanol Grade Hangover from any Alcohol or Other Drugs substance Illicit Substance Nausea and vomiting Prescription Drugs School Smoke Underage Drinking |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
