Social determinants of alcohol consumption in adolescents from Daniel Cordova High School in Cuenca: cross sectional study, 2016

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https://doi.org/10.18537/RFCM.37.03.03

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underage drinking, adolescent, social determinants of health, schools

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INTRODUCTION: The alcohol consumption in adolescence is frequent and it is associated with social determinants. The objective of the study was to determine the prevalence of alcohol consumption in adolescents of the Daniel Córdova High School in Cuenca - Ecuador and its association with some social determinants.

METHODS: It is a cross-sectional study, with a sample of 218 adolescents. A questionnaire for demographic variables, family structure and migration was used to determine the prevalence of alcohol consumption, the diagnostic criteria of the DSM5 was used to identify the family functioning of the FF-SIL Test and for the lifestyle the FANTASTIC test was applied. The PR was obtained with its confidence intervals to control if the social determinants were a risk or protection factor for the alcohol consumption, and the statistical significance was determined with values of p <0.05.

RESULTS: the prevalence of alcohol consumption was 42.2%;   a total of 56% of the students come from a “nuclear home”, the 55% have a migrant relative, 39% have a good lifestyle and 50% belong to families qualified as moderately functional. There is a statistically significant association with the fact of having a migrant family member, having a bad lifestyle and belonging to a reconstituted and dysfunctional family.

CONCLUSION: the prevalence of alcohol consumption is higher than those reported in other studies carried out in Cuenca city high schools; It is associated with similar social determinants globally.

KEY WORDS: underage drinking, adolescent, social determinants of health, schools.

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2020-01-29

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Vol. 37 No. 3 (2019): Revista de la Facultad de Ciencias Médicas de la Universidad de Cuenca

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