PORUKARA COLLEGE OF EDUCATION

CHAMPAKULAM

PRACTICAL
PREPARATION AND UPLOADING OF
JOURNAL ARTICLE IN BLOG

SUBMITTED TO, SUBMITTED BY,

Mrs. Celinamma George Smitha Antony
Department of Social Science Reg. No. SGAA15257530
B.Ed Social Science
PROBLEMS IN ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION
AMONG YOUTH
 PROBLEMS IN ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION AMONG YOUTH

Introduction
A proje t titled Pro le s i Al ohol Co su ptio a o g Youth was do e

during the first semester of B.Ed Degree Program.

Underage drinking contributes to the 3 leading causes of death

(unintentional injury, homicide and suicide) among persons aged 12 to 20 years. Most

adverse health effects from underage drinking stem from acute intoxication resulting

from binge drinking. Although binge drinking, typically, defined as consuming 5 drinks

on an occasion is a common pattern of alcohol consumption among youth, few

population-based studies have focused specifically on the characteristics of underage

binge drinkers and their associated health risk behaviors.

Binge drinking is the most common pattern of alcohol consumption among

high school youth who drink alcohol and is strongly associated with a wide range of

other health risk behaviors. Effective intervention strategies (eg, enforcement of the

minimum legal drinking age, screening and brief intervention, and increasing alcohol

taxes) should be implemented to prevent underage alcohol consumption and adverse

health and social consequences resulting from this behavior.

 Methods

The study followed survey method two types of data ie, secondary as well as

primary were collected for the study. The secondary data were collected from

published sources. A structural schedule was prepared for collecting the primary data

through survey. Research tools such as bibliographical studies, informal interviews,

discussion and an interview schedule are used for the study. Interview is the main tool

for the study. A careful tested interview schedule was administered to collect

information from each category of sample. The interview schedule consists of four

parts. Part one includes the identification data like age, sex, religion, education,

marital status, type of family and place of residence.

 Results

The results for this study is to add to the understanding of the development

of heavy alcohol use and alcohol-related problems by examining data from the

national longitudinal survey of youth, a general population sample that contains

information on alcohol use for the age 18-37. The tragectory analysis expands the

knowledge of problematic alcohol development for individuals in their late twenties

and thirties. The increasing detrimental effect of dropping out high school upto the

age 37, end point of the study raises questions about the effects in later life of

dropping out of high school on the basis of the above study. It can be concluded that

the highly literate state of Kerala is with a per capita consumption of alcohol 3 times

higher the national average.

 Discussion

Out of the 30 students interviewed 25 was of the opinion that they are using

alcohol and 52343 not. Of this 25, 28% started consuming alcohol between the

age 10-15, 52% belong to the group 15-20 and the 12% started consuming alcohol

in the age group 20-25 and the rest belong to the group 25-30. When asked about

the monthly consumption expenditure on alcohol students opinioned that on an

average they used to spend ranging from Rs. 1000 to 5000.

 Conclusion

The causes of alcohol use among youth, including older children,

adolescents, and young adults, are a major public health concerns. Drinking among

youth can result in a panoply of negative consequences, including poor grades, risky

sex, alcohol addiction. 1-4 drinkers younger than 21 years, who consume

approximately 20% of all alcoholic drinks, 5 imbibe more heavily than adults per

drinking. There is much bublic policy debate about whether alcohol advertising is

partially responsible for youth consumption levels. The alcohol industry is not subject

to federal restrictions on their advertising practices but has voluntary advertising code

created by the major alcohol trade groups.

 Reference

1. Alvarez- F J, Alcohol and alcohol related problems, University of Chicago

Press, 1993.

2. Charles Parry, Alcohol use and its effect, Vrinda Publications Ltd, Delhi, 2006.

3. International Centre for Alcohol Policies in Washington, Meridian

Publications, 1995.

4. L.S. Ham, College students and problematic drinking, Himalaya Publishers,

2002.