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Alcohol Use and Church Attendance Among Seventh Through Twelfth Grade Students, Dominican Republic, 2011

Authors: Michael N. Dohn, Santa Altagracia Jiménez Méndez, Maximinia Nolasco Pozo, Elizabet Altagracia Cabrera, Anita L. Dohn

Published in: Journal of Religion and Health | Issue 3/2014

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Excessive alcohol consumption increases the years of life lost to premature death and disability worldwide. Religion is a mitigating factor in alcohol consumption. A survey in the Dominican Republic showed increasing church attendance by middle and high school students (N = 3,478) was associated with a delay in age at first alcoholic drink, fewer students who had consumed alcohol in the past month (current drinkers), lower alcohol consumption levels, fewer episodes of inebriation, and less heavy episodic alcohol consumption (all P < 0.0001). The results suggested that it may be useful to conceive of church-attending youth as a subset of the adolescent social network when planning primary alcohol prevention programs for young people.

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Title: Alcohol Use and Church Attendance Among Seventh Through Twelfth Grade Students, Dominican Republic, 2011
Authors: Michael N. Dohn
Santa Altagracia Jiménez Méndez
Maximinia Nolasco Pozo
Elizabet Altagracia Cabrera
Anita L. Dohn
Publication date: 01-06-2014
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Journal of Religion and Health / Issue 3/2014
Print ISSN: 0022-4197
Electronic ISSN: 1573-6571
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-012-9663-0

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