Youth Assets, Neighborhood Factors, and Alcohol Use: A Study of Health Disparities
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Published:2019-09-01
Issue:5
Volume:6
Page:416-426
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ISSN:2326-4403
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Container-title:Health Behavior and Policy Review
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language:en
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Short-container-title:Health Behavior and Policy Review
Author:
Oman Roy F.,Vesely Sara K.,Boeckman Lindsay,Tolma Eleni L.,Aspy Cheryl B.
Abstract
Objective: We identified possible health disparities in prospective associations among youth assets, neighborhood environmental variables, and alcohol use. Methods: Participants were 1111 racially/ethnically and socioeconomically diverse youth and their parents. Seventeen
youth assets assessed at Waves 1 to 4 and neighborhood factors at Wave 1 to 4 were used to make a prospective prediction of youth alcohol use at Waves 2-5 while considering youth race/ethnicity and parental income. We assessed youth alcohol use as alcohol use in the past 30 days and binge
drinking in the past 6 months. We analyzed our data using marginal logistic regression. Results: Assets were prospectively associated with the absence of alcohol use in the past 30 days and binge drinking in the past 6 months for black, white and Hispanic youth, and for youth in most
income categories (adjusted odds ratio range = 1.5-2.9). There were few statistically significant associations between the neighborhood environment and alcohol use outcomes. Conclusion: The results do not support the notion that the protective effects of youth assets and neighborhood
environmental factors from youth alcohol use differ by youth race/ethnicity or parental income.
Publisher
Paris Scholar Publishing
Subject
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health,Health Policy,Health(social science)
Cited by
3 articles.
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