Experimentation with Alcohol among Brazilian Adolescents According to the National School Health Survey
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Mariano Martínez Espinosa
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Introduction: Experimentation with alcoholic beverages by young Brazilians, in addition to harming brain development, also interferes with psychological aspects, interfering with their quality of life and harming their academic development. Objective: To evaluate alcohol experimentation and associated factors among Brazilian adolescents. Method: This is a cross-sectional study,
conducted by the National School Health Survey in 2019,
with a sample of 159,245 Brazilian adolescents. Prevalence
ratios were adjusted between the alcohol experimentation
variable and risk factors, estimated by hierarchical multiple
Poisson regression models in blocks with robust variance,
weighted by sample weights. Results: The weighted
adjusted prevalence of alcohol experimentation and 95%
confidence interval for alcohol experimentation was
63.45% (95%CI: 62.88–64.02). Prevalence ratios adjusted
for sociodemographic, family, mental health, behavior,
and lifestyle variables all showed an association with
alcohol experimentation. The variables behavior and
lifestyle habits presented the highest prevalence ratios
for experimentation with illicit drugs (1.25) and sexual
intercourse (1.50) and remained associated in the final
model, most of the factors in the blocks considered, with
statistical significance (p < 0.001). Conclusions: The
prevalence among Brazilian adolescents was high and
associated with the study's risk factors. The occurrence
of this phenomenon, which interferes with the physical
and mental development of adolescents, requires new
directions in public policies.
alcohol, adolescent, schools, epidemiological surveys, risk factorsalcohol, adolescente, escuelas, encuestas epidemiológicas, factores de riesgoálcool, adolescente, escolas, inquéritos epidemiológicos, fatores de risco
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