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Underage drinking in Brazil: findings from a community household survey

OBJECTIVES: Previous studies have estimated the 30-day prevalence of alcohol use to be approximately 21% among youth in Brazil, despite the legal drinking age of 18 years. The present study aimed to determine the prevalence of underage drinking and its associated factors among adolescents in Brazil....

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Autores principales: Rakovski, Coral, Cardoso, Taiane de Azevedo, da Mota, Jurema Corrêa, Bastos, Francisco I., Kapczinski, Flavio, De Boni, Raquel Brandini
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Publicado: Associação Brasileira de Psiquiatria 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9169469/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34932691
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1516-4446-2021-2103
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author Rakovski, Coral
Cardoso, Taiane de Azevedo
da Mota, Jurema Corrêa
Bastos, Francisco I.
Kapczinski, Flavio
De Boni, Raquel Brandini
author_facet Rakovski, Coral
Cardoso, Taiane de Azevedo
da Mota, Jurema Corrêa
Bastos, Francisco I.
Kapczinski, Flavio
De Boni, Raquel Brandini
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description OBJECTIVES: Previous studies have estimated the 30-day prevalence of alcohol use to be approximately 21% among youth in Brazil, despite the legal drinking age of 18 years. The present study aimed to determine the prevalence of underage drinking and its associated factors among adolescents in Brazil. METHODS: The 3rd National Survey on Drug Use by the Brazilian Population (III Levantamento Nacional sobre o Uso de Drogas pela População Brasileira) is a nationwide, multi-stage, probability-sample household survey. Herein, youth between the ages of 12-17 years were included. Lifetime and 12-month alcohol use prevalence were estimated. Factors associated with 12-month alcohol use were evaluated through multivariate analysis considering survey weights and design. RESULTS: Overall, 628 youth were interviewed. Estimated lifetime and 12-month alcohol use were 34.3% (standard error [SE] = 1.9) and 22.2% (SE = 1.7), respectively. Factors associated with 12-month drinking were: other/no religion vs. Christianity; living in rural vs. urban areas; self-reported diagnosis of depression vs. no self-reported depression; lifetime tobacco use vs. no history of tobacco use; and any illicit drug use vs. no history of illicit drug use. CONCLUSION: Considering that alcohol use is a major risk factor for early death among Brazilian youth, our findings highlight the importance of preventative measures to reduce underage drinking.
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spelling pubmed-91694692022-06-27 Underage drinking in Brazil: findings from a community household survey Rakovski, Coral Cardoso, Taiane de Azevedo da Mota, Jurema Corrêa Bastos, Francisco I. Kapczinski, Flavio De Boni, Raquel Brandini Braz J Psychiatry Original Article OBJECTIVES: Previous studies have estimated the 30-day prevalence of alcohol use to be approximately 21% among youth in Brazil, despite the legal drinking age of 18 years. The present study aimed to determine the prevalence of underage drinking and its associated factors among adolescents in Brazil. METHODS: The 3rd National Survey on Drug Use by the Brazilian Population (III Levantamento Nacional sobre o Uso de Drogas pela População Brasileira) is a nationwide, multi-stage, probability-sample household survey. Herein, youth between the ages of 12-17 years were included. Lifetime and 12-month alcohol use prevalence were estimated. Factors associated with 12-month alcohol use were evaluated through multivariate analysis considering survey weights and design. RESULTS: Overall, 628 youth were interviewed. Estimated lifetime and 12-month alcohol use were 34.3% (standard error [SE] = 1.9) and 22.2% (SE = 1.7), respectively. Factors associated with 12-month drinking were: other/no religion vs. Christianity; living in rural vs. urban areas; self-reported diagnosis of depression vs. no self-reported depression; lifetime tobacco use vs. no history of tobacco use; and any illicit drug use vs. no history of illicit drug use. CONCLUSION: Considering that alcohol use is a major risk factor for early death among Brazilian youth, our findings highlight the importance of preventative measures to reduce underage drinking. Associação Brasileira de Psiquiatria 2021-12-15 /pmc/articles/PMC9169469/ /pubmed/34932691 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1516-4446-2021-2103 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Kapczinski, Flavio
De Boni, Raquel Brandini
Underage drinking in Brazil: findings from a community household survey
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9169469/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34932691
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1516-4446-2021-2103
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