title: [Alcohol consumption among high school students in the municipality of Passos - MG].
abstract: This study identified the pattern of alcohol consumption among high school students in Passos, Minas Gerais State, and its association with socio-demographic factors. Study participants included 1,967 adolescents from public and private educational institutions. The AUDIT questionnaire was used. For data analysis, descriptive statistics, the chi-square test and multiple logistic regression were applied. The average age of participants was 15.84±1.23 years. The first contact with alcohol occurred at 13.37±1.92 years. Among the adolescents, 30.96% were teetotalers, 45.76% had moderate drinking behavior, 16.47%, were risk drinkers, 3.51% were high-risk drinkers, and 3.31% possible addicts. There was a significant association between the risk of drinking and sex, the relationship of adolescents with their mothers, work, economic bracket and education of the head of the family. In multivariate analysis, there was a higher risk for adolescent males, as well as workers with a poor relationship with their mothers. It was found that teenagers have early contact with alcohol and high prevalence of risk-related drinking behavior.
authors: Universidade Estadual de São Paulo, Araraquara, SP. jucampos@foar.unesp.br
authors: Juliana Alvares Duarte Bonini
authors: JA
authors: Campos
authors: Jussara de Castro
authors: Jde C
authors: Almeida
authors: Patrícia Petromili Nordi Sasso
authors: PP
authors: Garcia
authors: João Bosco
authors: JB
authors: Faria
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000453:epidemiology*; D001938:Brazil; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013334:Students; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires