Alcohol Use and Church Attendance Among Seventh Through Twelfth Grade Students, Dominican Republic, 2011

Excessive alcohol consumption increases the years of life lost to premature death and disability worldwide. Religion is a mitigating factor in alcohol consumption. A survey in the Dominican Republic showed increasing church attendance by middle and high school students (N = 3,478) was associated wit...

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Auteurs: Dohn, Michael N. (Auteur) ; Altagracia Cabrera, Elizabet (Auteur) ; Dohn, Anita L. (Auteur) ; Jiménez Méndez, Santa Altagracia (Auteur) ; Nolasco Pozo, Maximinia (Auteur)
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Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Springer Science + Business Media B. V. [2014]
Dans: Journal of religion and health
Année: 2014, Volume: 53, Numéro: 3, Pages: 675-689
Sujets non-standardisés:B Adolescent health
B High School
B Primary Prevention
B Health Promotion
B Social Networks
B Religion
B Alcohol Abuse
B Éthanol
B Church Attendance
B Peer education
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Résumé:Excessive alcohol consumption increases the years of life lost to premature death and disability worldwide. Religion is a mitigating factor in alcohol consumption. A survey in the Dominican Republic showed increasing church attendance by middle and high school students (N = 3,478) was associated with a delay in age at first alcoholic drink, fewer students who had consumed alcohol in the past month (current drinkers), lower alcohol consumption levels, fewer episodes of inebriation, and less heavy episodic alcohol consumption (all P < 0.0001). The results suggested that it may be useful to conceive of church-attending youth as a subset of the adolescent social network when planning primary alcohol prevention programs for young people.
ISSN:1573-6571
Contient:Enthalten in: Journal of religion and health
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/s10943-012-9663-0