title: Alcohol drinking and pro-drinking practices in parents of Hong Kong adolescents.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  We investigated the prevalence of various parental pro-drinking practices and its association with parental drinking status.
  
  
  METHODS
  A school-based survey was completed by 2200 students (mean age 14.8, SD 2.0; boys 51.4%) from 4 randomly selected secondary schools in Hong Kong. Students reported whether they had ever experienced each of nine parental pro-drinking practices (PPDPs).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Overall, 67.5% of students reported at least one PPDP, but the prevalence was much higher if both parents were drinkers (89.0%) compared with non-drinkers (38.8%). The adjusted odds ratio (AOR) (95% CI) of experiencing at least one PPDP was 6.79 (4.98, 9.26) if either parent drank and 15.71 (10.50, 23.50) if both drank compared with none (P for trend <0.001). Compared with non-drinking, the AORs (95% CI) of experiencing at least one PPDP for occasional drinking and frequent drinking were 6.72 (5.03, 8.98) and 18.11 (9.88, 33.18) in fathers (P for trend <0.001), and 7.33 (5.15, 10.44) and 5.33 (1.98, 14.45) in mothers.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The prevalence of PPDPs was generally low in non-drinking parents, but increased dramatically with the number of drinking parents and the frequency of paternal drinking.
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong.
authors.forename: Wing Man
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Au
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong syho@hku.hk.
authors.forename: Sai Yin
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Ho
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong.
authors.forename: Man Ping
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong.
authors.forename: Wing Sze
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Lo
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong.
authors.forename: Sze Pui Pamela
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Tin
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong.
authors.forename: Rong
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong.
authors.forename: Tai Hing
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Lam
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology; D002648:Child; D003625:Data Collection / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006723:Hong Kong / Q000208:ethnology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010287:Parent-Child Relations / Q000208:ethnology*