Alcohol misuse among young people

WITHDRAWN: Primary prevention for alcohol misuse in young people.

BACKGROUND Alcohol misuse is a cause of concern for health services, policy makers, prevention workers, the criminal justice system, youth workers, teachers and parents. OBJECTIVES 1. To identify and summarize rigorous evaluations of psychosocial and educational interventions aimed at the primary prevention of alcohol misuse by young people. 2. To assess the effectiveness of primary preventio...

Prevention of alcohol misuse among children, youths and young adults

BACKGROUND Despite many activities to prevent risky alcohol consumption among adolescents and young adults there is an increase of alcohol intoxications in the group of ten to twenty year old juveniles. OBJECTIVES This report gives an overview about the recent literature as well as the German federal prevention system regarding activities concerning behavioral and policy prevention of risky a...

Drug and alcohol use among young people

Longer-term primary prevention for alcohol misuse in young people: a systematic review.

OBJECTIVE To identify and summarize rigorous evaluations of psychosocial and educational interventions aimed at the primary prevention of alcohol misuse by young people aged up to 25 years, especially over the longer term (>3 years). METHODS Cochrane Collaboration Systematic Review. DATA SOURCES A comprehensive search of 22 databases and recursive checking of bibliographies for randomized a...

Alcohol Misuse and Injury Outcomes in Young People Aged 10–24

PURPOSE The burden of alcohol-attributable disease is a global problem. Young people often present to emergency health-care services with alcohol intoxication but little is known about how best to intervene at that point to improve future health outcomes. This study aimed to assess whether young people with an alcohol-specific hospital admission are at increased risk of injury following dischar...