The Prevention of Substance Use, Risk and Harm in Australia: A Review of the Evidence

Predictors of problem drinking in adolescence and young adulthood

“…Changes in social roles, such as the acquisition of a career, a spouse role and a parental role are to a large extent accountable for a drop in heavy and problem drinking [16]. This explanation is in line with a review study showing that risk factors for harmful alcohol use vary across different age groups [18]. Moreover as seen in other studies [13,15,33,35], our results showed that males were at higher risk for problem drinking than females.…”

“…The youngest group consisted of 12 to 15-year olds and included all adolescents that were under the legal age to buy and drink alcohol. The second group contained middle and late adolescents aged [16][17][18][19][20]. This age period is the period in which the adolescents are allowed to buy alcoholic beverages, and it is also the period during which Dutch adolescents start drinking regularly.…”

Norsk oversettelse av kartleggingsverktøy for alkoholabstinens

“…Running campaigns to promote public awareness of risky patterns of alcohol use (for example, NHMRC 2009); however, the effectiveness of this approach is unclear (Babor et al 2005;Loxley et al 2004). …”

Beyond ice: rethinking Australia's approach to illicit drugs

“…While debate remains regarding the precise means through which social factors affect health outcomes, the link between disadvantage and ill-health is beyond dispute. 1071 The environmental and individual characteristics that can influence health outcomes include:…”