title: [Alcohol consumption among high school students in Brescia, Italy].
abstract: A random sample of 1,495 high school student of 9th and 13th grade in Brescia, North Italy, were interviewed about their alcohol consumption, knowledge and attitudes using an anonymous self-administered questionnaire. The percentages of students who usually consumed alcoholic beverage, were 39.7% and 30.3% in males and females, respectively, in 9th grade students and were 51.4% and 23.8% in males and females, respectively, in 13th grade students. The frequency of drunkenness during the month previous the interview was, among 9th graders: 6.9% males and 8.7% females; among 13th graders: 20.7% males and 13.3% females. The following variables were positively associated with alcohol consumption: 1) regular smoking; 2) peer alcohol drinking (best friend and partner); 3) parents' alcohol consumption. When comparing the present survey with a previously carried out in 1989, similar results were found as regards alcohol consumption; on the contrary higher prevalence of drunkenness was found in the 2008 survey, that in the 1989 one.
authors.affiliation: Sezione di Igiene, Epidemiologia e Sanità Pubblica, Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia, Università degli Studi di Brescia. limina@med.unibs.it
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Limina
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Donato
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Comincini
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Facchi
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gasparotti
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Festa
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rosati
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Gelatti
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Scarcella
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires