ArticleBMC public health2016
Parental supply of alcohol to Australian minors: an analysis of six nationally representative surveys spanning 15 years.
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- Prevalence of parental supply of alcohol to minors: a systematic review.Health promotion international · 2023Pooled it
- Parental Supply of Alcohol in Childhood and Risky Drinking in Adolescence: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2017Pooled it
- Audience Interpretation of Risks in Health Promotion Campaigns About Underage Drinking: Qualitative Interviews With Parents of Adolescents.Health promotion journal of Australia : official journal of Australian Association of Health Promotion Professionals · 2026Article
- Longitudinal associations between adult-supervised drinking during adolescence and alcohol misuse from ages 25-31 years: A comparison of Australia and the United States.Addictive behaviors · 2024Article
- Polydrug use in Australian 12-14 year olds from 2006 to 2017: an examination of drug use profiles, emotional control problems, and family relationship characteristics.Australian journal of psychology · 2023Article
- Declining drinking among adolescents: Are we seeing a denormalisation of drinking and a normalisation of non-drinking?Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2022Article
- A Component Evaluation of a Randomised Control Community Intervention to Reduce Adolescent Alcohol Use in Australia.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2022Article
- Are changes in binge drinking among European adolescents driven by changes in computer gaming?Drug and alcohol review · 2021Article
- Longitudinal Consequences of Adolescent Alcohol Use Under Different Policy Contexts in Australia and the United States.Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs · 2021Article
- Drinking with parents: Different measures, different associations with underage heavy drinking?Nordisk alkohol- & narkotikatidskrift : NAT · 2017Article
- Parental supply of alcohol and adolescent drinking: a multilevel analysis of nationally representative data.BMC public health · 2017Article
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Abstract
backgroundMost adolescents begin alcohol consumption during adolescence, heavy alcohol use by adolescents is common, and alcohol-related harm amongst adolescents is a major public health burden. Parents are a common source of alcohol amongst adolescents, but little is known about how parental supply of alcohol has changed over recent years. This study examines national trends in parental supply of alcohol to adolescent children in Australia since 1998.
methodsSix Australian National Drug Strategy Household Surveys (1998-2013) yielded rates of parental supply of current and first ever alcohol consumed. Lifetime and current alcohol use were also estimated. The surveys were conducted for households across all Australian states and territories. Surveyed adolescents were aged 14-17 years (N = 7357, 47.6 % male). Measures included the reported source of currently consumed alcohol and first ever alcoholic beverage (parents/friends/others), lifetime alcohol use, number of standard alcohol units consumed on drinking days, and frequency of alcohol use. Corrected Pearson chi-squared tests were used to compare survey years.
resultsThere was a significant drop in parental supply of current alcohol use from 21.3 % in 2004 to 11.79 % in 2013 (p < .001). The lower prevalence of parental supply coincided with legislative changes on parental supply of alcohol to adolescents, but causality cannot be established because of the variation in the timing and reach of parental supply legislation, and small samples in some states. There were downward trends in adolescent experimentation, quantity and frequency of alcohol use across years, with the largest drop in alcohol use in 2010 and 2013.
conclusionsIn Australia, there has been a substantial reduction in parental supply of alcohol to adolescents from 2010, and this factor may partially account for reductions in adolescent alcohol use.
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