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Prevalence and Correlates of Alcohol Consumption among Hill-Tribe Adolescents below the Legal Drinking Age—A Community-based Cross-Sectional Study in Northern Thailand

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  • Narongsak Noosorn

    (Department of Community Health, Faculty of Public Health, Naresuan University, Phitsanulok 65000, Thailand)

  • Civilaiz Wanaratwichit

    (Department of Community Health, Faculty of Public Health, Naresuan University, Phitsanulok 65000, Thailand)

  • Shamsudeen YAU

    (Department of Community Health, Faculty of Public Health, Naresuan University, Phitsanulok 65000, Thailand)

  • Nuansiri Kedsai

    (Department of Community Health, Faculty of Public Health, Naresuan University, Phitsanulok 65000, Thailand)

Abstract

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.

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  • Narongsak Noosorn & Civilaiz Wanaratwichit & Shamsudeen YAU & Nuansiri Kedsai, 2020. "Prevalence and Correlates of Alcohol Consumption among Hill-Tribe Adolescents below the Legal Drinking Age—A Community-based Cross-Sectional Study in Northern Thailand," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(21), pages 1-14, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:17:y:2020:i:21:p:8266-:d:442047
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