Youth alcohol and other drug use in the United States and Australia: a cross-national comparison of three state-wide samples
| Autor: | George C Patton, Michael W. Arthur, Lyndal Bond, Tracy J. Evans-Whipp, John W. Toumbourou, Richard F. Catalano, Jennifer M. Beyers, JD Hawkins |
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| Rok vydání: | 2005 |
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Cross-Cultural Comparison
Male Health (social science) Adolescent Victoria Substance-Related Disorders Zero tolerance media_common.quotation_subject Medicine (miscellaneous) Binge drinking Poison control Alcohol abuse Suicide prevention Occupational safety and health Oregon Age Distribution Risk Factors Environmental health Injury prevention Humans Medicine Maine Sex Distribution Child media_common business.industry Abstinence medicine.disease Health Surveys Cross-Sectional Studies Logistic Models Adolescent Behavior Female business |
| Zdroj: | Drug and Alcohol Review. 24:515-523 |
| ISSN: | 0959-5236 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/09595230500293779 |
| Popis: | Although youth drug and alcohol harm minimization policies in Australia are often contrasted with the abstinence and zero tolerance policies adopted in the United States, there has been little research directly comparing youth substance use behaviour in the two countries. Three state representative samples in Victoria, Australia (n = 7898) and in the US states of Oregon (n = 15,224) and Maine (n = 16,245) completed a common cross-sectional student survey. Rates of alcohol use (lifetime alcohol use, recent use in the past 30 days), alcohol use exceeding recommended consumption limits (binge drinking: five or more drinks in a session), other licit drug use (tobacco use), and norm-violating substance use (substance use at school, use in the past 30 days of marijuana or other illicit drug use) were compared for males and females at ages 12-17. Rates were lower (odds ratios 0.5-0.8) for youth in Maine and Oregon compared to Victoria for lifetime and recent alcohol use, binge drinking and daily cigarette smoking. However, rates of recent marijuana use and recent use of other illicit drugs were higher in Maine and Oregon, as were reports of being drunk or high at school. In contradiction of harm minimization objectives, Victoria, relative to the US states of Oregon and Maine, demonstrated higher rates of alcohol use exceeding recommended consumption limits and daily tobacco use. However, findings suggested that aspects of norm-violating substance use (substance use at school, marijuana use and other illicit drug use) were higher in the US states compared to Victoria. |
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