Global Trends in the Prevalence of Alcohol Consumption Among School-Going Adolescents Aged 12-15 Years.
Por:
Smith L, López Sánchez GF, Pizzol D, Hans Oh, Barnett Y, Schuch F, Butler L, McDermott DT, Ball G, Chandola-Saklani A, Shin JI and Koyanagi A
Publicada:
1 mar 2024
Ahead of Print:
9 dic 2023
Resumen:
PURPOSE: Adolescent alcohol consumption is detrimental to multiple facets of health. However, there is a scarcity of data available on time trends in adolescents' alcohol consumption particularly from non-Western countries and low- and middle-income countries. Thus, we examined the temporal trend of alcohol use in a large representative sample of school-going adolescents aged 12-15 years from 22 countries in Africa, Asia, and the Americas. METHODS: Data from the Global School-based Student Health Survey were analyzed. Alcohol consumption referred to consuming alcohol on at least one day in the past 30 days. Crude linear trends of past 30-day alcohol consumption by country were assessed by linear regression models. RESULTS: Data on 135,426 adolescents aged 12-15 years were analyzed [mean (standard deviation) age 13.8 (1.0) years; 52.0% females]. The overall mean prevalence of past 30-day alcohol consumption was 14.1%. Of the 22 countries included in the study, increasing, decreasing, and stable trends were observed in 3, 8, and 11 countries, respectively. Specifically, significant increases were observed in Benin between 2009 (16.1%) and 2016 (38.6%), Myanmar between 2007 (0.9%) and 2016 (3.6%), and Vanuatu between 2011 (7.6%) and 2016 (12.2%). The most drastic decrease was observed in Samoa between 2011 (34.5%) and 2017 (9.8%), but the rate of decrease was modest in most countries. DISCUSSION: Among school-going adolescents, decreasing trends in alcohol consumption were more common than increasing trends, but the rate of decrease was limited in most countries, suggesting that more global action is required to curb adolescent alcohol consumption.
Filiaciones:
Smith L:
Centre for Health Performance and Wellbeing, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, United Kingdom
López Sánchez GF:
Division of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Department of Public Health Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain
Pizzol D:
Italian Agency for Development Cooperation, Khartoum, Sudan
Hans Oh:
Suzanne Dworak Peck School of Social Work, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
Barnett Y:
Centre for Health Performance and Wellbeing, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Schuch F:
Department of Sports Methods and Techniques, Federal University of Santa Maria, Santa Maria, Brazil
Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad Autónoma de Chile, Providencia, Región Metropolitana, Chile
Butler L:
Centre for Health Performance and Wellbeing, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, United Kingdom
McDermott DT:
NTU Psychology, School of Social Sciences, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, England
Ball G:
Medical Technology Research Centre, Anglia Ruskin University, Chelmsford, United Kingdom
Chandola-Saklani A:
Department of Community Medicine, Swami Rama Himalayan University, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
Centre for Bioscience and Clinical Research, School of Bioscience, Apeejay Stya University, Gurgaon, Haryana, India
Shin JI:
Department of Pediatrics, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
Severance Underwood Meta-research Center, Institute of Convergence Science, Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Koyanagi A:
Research and Development Unit, Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Déu, Dr. Antoni Pujadas, Sant Boi de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
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