Titre : | Clustering of smoking, alcohol drinking and cannabis use in adolescents in a rapidly developing country (2006) |
Auteurs : | FAEH D. ; VISWANATHAN B. ; A. CHIOLERO ; W. WARREN ; BOVET P. |
Type de document : | Article : Périodique |
Dans : | BMC Public Health (Vol.6, n°169, 2006) |
Article en page(s) : | 8 p. |
Langues: | Anglais |
Discipline : | EPI (Epidémiologie / Epidemiology) |
Mots-clés : |
Thésaurus géographique SEYCHELLES ; OCEAN INDIENThésaurus mots-clés DEVELOPPEMENT ; ALCOOL ; TABAC ; ADOLESCENT ; CANNABIS ; ETUDE TRANSVERSALE ; PREVALENCE ; EPIDEMIOLOGIE |
Résumé : | BACKGROUND: Smoking, alcohol drinking and cannabis use ("risk behaviors") are often initiated at a young age but few epidemiological studies have assessed their joined prevalence in children in developing countries. This study aims at examining the joint prevalence of these behaviors in adolescents in the Seychelles, a rapidly developing country in the Indian Ocean. METHODS: Cross-sectional survey in a representative sample of secondary school students using an anonymous self-administered questionnaire (Global Youth Tobacco Survey). The questionnaire was completed by 1,321 (92%) of 1,442 eligible students aged 11 to 17 years. Main variables of interest included smoking cigarettes on >=1 day in the past 30 days; drinking any alcohol beverage on > =1 day in the past 30 days and using cannabis at least once in the past 12 months. RESULTS: In boys and girls, respectively, prevalence (95% CI) was 30% (26-34)/21% (18-25) for smoking, 49% (45-54)/48% (43-52) for drinking, and 17% (15-20)/8% (6-10) for cannabis use. The prevalence of all these behaviors increased with age. Smokers were two times more likely than non-smokers to drink and nine times more likely to use cannabis. Drinkers were three times more likely than non-drinkers to smoke or to use cannabis. Comparison of observed versus expected frequencies of combination categories demonstrated clustering of these risk behaviors in students (P |
Domaine : | Plusieurs produits / Several products |
Refs biblio. : | 46 |
Affiliation : | University Institute for Social and Preventive Medicine, Lausanne, Switzerland |
Centre Emetteur : | 13 OFDT |
Lien : | https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-6-169 |
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