Volunteerism, Alcohol Beliefs, and First-Year College Students’ Drinking Behaviors: Implications for Prevention

Crawford, Lizabeth A.; Novak, Katherine B.; Jayasekare, Rasitha R.

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“…The reduction of risky drinking patterns remains a significant public health problem and a challenge in academic contexts [1,2], especially when scientific investigations show a high incidence of alcohol use among university students [3][4][5][6], which increases with entry into higher education [7][8][9][10]. It remains that way throughout the academic course [9][10][11][12] and has a higher prevalence compared to young people of the same age group [13]. In the same vein, in recent years, binge drinking (BD) (described as heavy alcohol use over a short period, e.g.…”

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Alcohol-related knowledge and attitudes as predictors of drinking behaviours among Portuguese university students

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Becoña³

2021

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Alcohol-related knowledge and attitudes as predictors of drinking behaviours among Portuguese university students

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Becoña³

2021

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“…Most importantly, Dunbar et al (2017) show that alcohol drinkers tend to have more friends and feel more engaged with, and trusting of, their local community, which can be a significant channel of transmission. Other studies have confirmed similar effects of alcohol among young university students (Crawford et al, 2019). Another mechanism is the disinhibition channel (Källmén & Gustafson, 1998; Steele & Southwick, 1985), postulating that sober individuals' behaviours are inhibited, but when influenced by alcohol the inhibitions weaken, leading to less control over behaviour.…”

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What lessons can Africa learn from the social determinants of COVID‐19 spread, to better prepare for the current and future pandemics in the continent?

Ngepah

2021

African Development Review

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This paper examines the determinants of the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) in Africa, based on the framework of social determinants of health. Applying Poisson Pseudo Maximum Likelihood (PPML) and quantile regressions to panel data and country‐specific socioeconomic background data from 53 African countries, the study finds that enhancing capacity for early testing helps for timeous uncovering of cases, early isolation and contact tracing for effective control of the spread. Other factors such as managing of international movements through reduction of international exposure and ensuring better sanitation and hygiene were found to be relevant in diminishing COVID‐19 spread, whereas alcohol consumption and population density heighten the spread. The work also highlights that stringent measures will be counter‐productive unless they are coupled with measures to create and preserve livelihoods, together with humanitarian relief assistance to the poorest segments of the population. The results are robust to alternative techniques. As policy recommendations, we implore African governments to the promotion of sustainable livelihoods and social safety nets as measures to accompany stringent lockdowns; and good sanitation programmes to become a lifestyle of citizens. Careful attention should be paid to the socioeconomic trade‐off in respect of international travel restrictions given the high dependence of most African economies on tourism.

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“…While this may be good for social cohesion, it can turn out to be a significant channel of transmission of a pandemic like the COVID-19. Other studies have confirmed the social connectedness effects of alcohol among young university students [19,20], implying that the effect applies for all ages. Besides the social channel of alcohol's effect on the transmission of the pandemic, another way through which alcohol consumption heightens transmission of infections could be the disinhibition channel [21,22].…”

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Global COVID-19 spread: socioeconomic determinants and lessons for future pandemics

Ngepah

2020

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This paper examines some factors that can complement public health systems in managing the spread of the COVID-19 with implications for preparedness towards possible future pandemics. It adapts and applies two suitable econometric models in the theoretical framework of social determinants of health. The one models are the Poisson’s Pseudo Maximum Likelihood (PPML) and the quantile estimator, applied to panel data for 195 countries over days of infection from first recorded case. The COVID-19-related data is from our world in data, and the socioeconomic variables are from the World Bank’s World Development indicators. The results suggest that enhancing capacity for early testing complemented by reduction of international exposure; improved management of population dynamics; ensuring better sanitation and hygiene practices and reducing alcohol use are key to addressing the rapid spread of the COVID-19, and readiness for future pandemics of similar a kind.

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Volunteerism, Alcohol Beliefs, and First-Year College Students’ Drinking Behaviors: Implications for Prevention

Cited by 16 publications

References 47 publications

Alcohol-related knowledge and attitudes as predictors of drinking behaviours among Portuguese university students

Alcohol-related knowledge and attitudes as predictors of drinking behaviours among Portuguese university students

What lessons can Africa learn from the social determinants of COVID‐19 spread, to better prepare for the current and future pandemics in the continent?

Global COVID-19 spread: socioeconomic determinants and lessons for future pandemics

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