Penggunaan alkohol dan tembakau merupakan masalah kesehatan masyarakat yang meningkat di negara-negara berpenghasilan rendah atau menengah. Karena tingkat pertumbuhan ekonomi tahunan sekitar 10%, Ethiopia adalah target untuk industri alkohol dan tembakau.

Meskipun data terbatas, tren menunjukkan bahwa konsumsi alkohol adalah masalah khusus di kalangan siswa sekolah menengah.

Sebuah studi baru-baru ini, yang diterbitkan dalam Journal of Public Health, telah berusaha untuk mengukur prevalensi konsumsi alkohol dan tembakau pada orang muda yang tinggal di Ethiopia, dan faktor risiko yang terkait...

Although alcohol consumption among young people in the UK has been declining there remains a concerning level of binge drinking amongst 16–24-year-olds.

One intervention, that is cost-effective and has a wide reach, is the inclusion of health messaging and product-related information on alcohol packaging. It is important therefore to understand how much information is being processed and recalled by young people.

A cross-sectional study, published in the Journal of Public Health, has examined awareness and recall of product information among adolescents and young adults aged 11–19 years old...

Abstract

Background

Alcohol use during pregnancy can have a variety of harmful consequences on the fetus. Lifelong effects include growth restriction, characteristic facial anomalies, and neurobehavioral dysfunction. This range of effects is known as fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD). There is no amount, pattern, or timing of alcohol use during pregnancy proven safe for a developing embryo or fetus. Therefore, it is important to screen patients for alcohol use, inform them about alcohol's potential effects during pregnancy, encourage abstinence, and refer for intervention if necessary...

Abstract

Background

Globally, substance use disorders are prevalent and remain an intractable public health problem for health care systems. This study aims to provide a global picture of substance use disorders research.

Methods

The Web of Science platform was used to perform a cross-sectional analysis of scientific articles on substance use disorders and treatment. Characteristics of publication volume, impact, growth, authors, institutions, countries, and journals were examined using descriptive analysis and network visualization graphs.

Results

Thirteen thousand six hundred eighty...