Preventing Alcohol Abuse Among Adolescent Girls

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Preventing Alcohol Abuse Among Adolescent Girls

• Peter D. Rogers, MD, MPH

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• Underage alcohol use is more likely to kill young
  people than all illegal drugs combined.
• Alcohol Alert
• April, 2003

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• Every day approximately 7,000 young people under
  16 years take their first drink of alcohol.
• Underage Drinking in the United States A
  Status Report
• Center for Alcohol Marketing and Youth
• 2005

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• Each year more than 4,000 young people under the
  age of 21 years die as a result of alcohol abuse.
• CDC-MMWR
• 2004 53866-870

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• In 2004, NIAAA launched its Underage Drinking
  Research Initiative and the data from this are in
  publication.

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• The highest prevalence of alcohol dependence in
  the U.S. population occurs in youth/young adults
  ages 18-20 years.
• Underage Drinking Research Initiate. NIAAA 2007

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Binge Drinking

• Girls 4 or more drinks in less than 2 hrs
• Boys 5 or more drinks in less than 2 hrs
• -Both lead to a BAC of at least .08 mg/ml if
  consumed on an empty stomach within 3 hours of
  consumption.
• Underage Drinking Research Initiate. NIAAA 2007

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Prevalence of HS Students (by gender) who binge
drink in the past 2 weeks () 2006 Data
Monitoring the Future NIDA, 2006
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Alcopops are particularly attractive to girls
and are most popular among girls in all
grades. Monitoring the Future NIDA, 2006
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ALCOPOPSPercent by gender who have had Alcopops
in past month.

• 2006

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• WHAT
• CAN
• PARENTS
• DO?

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• Safe
• Secure
• Loved
• Wanted
• Need to be encouraged (kids dont need critics,
  they need good role models.)
• Eat dinner together
• Family rules about alcohol use
• What do parents model at home
• Need a rescue plan.

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• Very few kids have any non-chemical coping skills.

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• Alcohol (and marijuana) are excellent emotional
  anesthetics.

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• Adverse childhood events
• Parental divorce
• Emotional, physical, sexual abuse
• Violence in home
• Parent abuse of alcohol

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• Parents are the first and most important buffer
  against their kids using alcohol.

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Good News!

• Most kids dont develop a substance abuse problem.