Alcohol marketing and drunkenness among students in the Philippines: findings from the nationally representative Global School-based Student Health Survey

BMC Public Health

Fe A Sinson²  Agnes Benegas-Segarra²  Jane B Palmier¹  Monica H Swahn¹ 

[1] School of Public Health, Georgia State University, P.O. Box 3995, 30302-3995, Atlanta, GA, USA;National Epidemiology Center, Department of Health, Manila, Philippines

关键词: Survey;    Philippines;    Drunkenness;    Alcohol marketing;    Alcohol;   

Others  :  1161466
DOI  :  10.1186/1471-2458-13-1159

 received in 2013-06-24, accepted in 2013-11-26,  发布年份 2013

【 摘 要 】

Background

A largely unaddressed issue in lower income countries and the Philippines, in particular, is the role of alcohol marketing and its potential link to early alcohol use among youth. This study examines the associations between exposures to alcohol marketing and Filipino youths’ drinking prevalence and drunkenness.

Methods

Cross-sectional analyses were used to examine the Global School-based Student Health Survey (GSHS) conducted in Philippines (2011). The self-administered questionnaires were completed by students primarily 13 to 16 years of age (N = 5290). Three statistical models were computed to test the associations between alcohol marketing and alcohol use, while controlling for possible confounding factors.

Results

Alcohol marketing, specifically through providing free alcohol through a company representative, was associated with drunkenness (AOR: 1.84; 95% CI = 1.06–3.21) among youths after controlling for demographic and psychosocial characteristics, peer environment, and risky behaviors. In addition, seeing alcohol ads in newspapers and magazines (AOR: 1.65, 95% CI = 1.05–2.58) and seeing ads at sports events, concerts or fairs (AOR: 1.50, 95% CI = 1.06–2.12) were significantly associated with increased reports of drunkenness.

Conclusions

There are significant associations between alcohol marketing exposure and increased alcohol use and drunkenness among youth in the Philippines. These findings highlight the need to put policies into effect that restrict alcohol marketing practices as an important prevention strategy for reducing alcohol use and its dire consequences among vulnerable youth.

【 授权许可】

   
2013 Swahn et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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