TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2018//
TI  - Risk factors associated with frequent alcohol binge drinking among Jamaicans: does gender matter?
JO  - Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention
A1  - Abel, Wendel Dwight
A1  - Weaver, Steve
A1  - Ricketts Roomes, Tana
A1  - Agu, Chinwendu F.
A1  - Smith, Patrice Whitehorne
A1  - Oshi, Daniel C.
A1  - Harrison, Joy
A1  - Smith, Kristen
A1  - Mitchell, Gabrielle
A1  - Belinfante, Ashley
A1  - Rae, Tania
A1  - Oshi, Sarah N.
SP  - 39
EP  - 44
VL  - 19
IS  - S1
N2  - OBJECTIVE: Alcohol is one of the most commonly consumed substances in Jamaica, despite the many health problems associated with excessive alcohol use. The aim of this study was to identify potential risk factors for alcohol binge drinking among Jamaicans, and determine if there were significant gender differences in the associations between identified risk factors and frequent binge drinking.   <br><br>METHODS: Data collected from the 2016 National Household Survey Jamaica were analysed. Descriptive and inferential statistics were computed using SPSS. Binary logistic  regression analysis was used to determine factors associated with frequent binge drinking. <br><br>RESULTS: The total number of respondents was 4623. Females were 2,535 (54.8%) compared to males 2088 (45.2%). In bivariate analysis, there was a significant association between age and frequent binge drinking among males (X2 = 11.11, p =0.004), but not among females (X2 = 2.03, p = 0.36). Similarly, there was a significant association between employment and frequent binge drinking for males but not for females (X2= 12.85, p= 0.002; X2= 2.49, p= 0.29 respectively). In multivariate  analysis, age 12- 17 years was significantly, inversely associated with frequent binge drinking in the crude logit model but not in the adjusted logit model (crude odds ratio [COR] 0.21, 95%CI= 0.6- 0.66; adjusted odds ratio [AOR] = 0.51, 95%CI= 0.12- 2.13 respectively). Employment was significantly, positively associated with frequent binge drinking in the adjusted logit model (employed: AOR= 3.63, 95% CI= 1.05- 12.59) among males. Among females, age showed no significant association with frequent binge drinking. Only having primary/ lower education was significantly, positively associated with frequent binge drinking among females (AOR= 5.17, 95%CI= 1.36- 19.65). <br><br>CONCLUSION: Risk factors for frequent binge drinking differed by gender; being employed was a risk factor for males while having primary (or lower) education was a risk factor for females.<br><br>Creative Commons Attribution License<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2476-762X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.22034/APJCP.2018.19.S1.39
ID  - ref1
ER  -