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van der Kruk S, Harrison NJ, Bartram A, Newton S, Miller C, Room R, Olver I, Bowden J. Prevalence of parental supply of alcohol to minors: a systematic review. Health Promot Int 2023; 38:daad111. [PMID: 37758201 PMCID: PMC10533326 DOI: 10.1093/heapro/daad111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/30/2023] Open
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Parental supply of alcohol to minors (i.e. those under the legal drinking age) is often perceived by parents as protective against harms from drinking, despite evidence linking it with adverse alcohol-related outcomes. This systematic review describes the prevalence of parental supply of alcohol, as reported in the international literature. The review was registered with PROSPERO (CRD42020218754). We searched seven online databases (Medline, Embase, PsycINFO, CINAHL, Scopus, Web of Science and Public Health Database) and grey literature from January 2011 to December 2022 and assessed the risk of bias with the JBI Critical Appraisal Checklist. Among 58 articles included in narrative synthesis from 29 unique datasets, there was substantial variation in the definition and measurement of parental supply of alcohol. Overall prevalence rates ranged from 7.0 to 60.0% for minor-report samples, and from 24.0 to 48.0% for parent-report samples. Data indicate that parental supply prevalence is generally proportionately higher for older minors or later-stage students, for girls, and has increased over time among minors who report drinking. Literature on the prevalence of parental supply of alcohol is robust in quantity but inconsistent in quality and reported prevalence. Greater consistency in defining and measuring parental supply is needed to better inform health promotion initiatives aimed at increasing parents' awareness.
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- Shannen van der Kruk
- Health Policy Centre, South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute, Kaurna Country, Adelaide, South Australia 5000, Australia
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- Health Policy Centre, South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute, Kaurna Country, Adelaide, South Australia 5000, Australia
- National Centre for Education and Training on Addiction, Flinders Health and Medical Research Institute, College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, Kaurna Country, Adelaide, South Australia 5001, Australia
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- Health Policy Centre, South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute, Kaurna Country, Adelaide, South Australia 5000, Australia
- National Centre for Education and Training on Addiction, Flinders Health and Medical Research Institute, College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, Kaurna Country, Adelaide, South Australia 5001, Australia
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- Adelaide Health Technology Assessment, School of Public Health, University of Adelaide, Kaurna Country, Adelaide, South Australia 5000, Australia
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- Health Policy Centre, South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute, Kaurna Country, Adelaide, South Australia 5000, Australia
- School of Public Health, University of Adelaide, Kaurna Country, Adelaide, South Australia 5000, Australia
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- Centre for Alcohol Policy Research, School of Psychology & Public Health, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria 3086, Australia
- Department of Public Health Sciences, Centre for Social Research on Alcohol and Drugs, Stockholm University, Stockholm 10691, Sweden
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- School of Psychology, University of Adelaide, Kaurna Country, Adelaide, South Australia 5000, Australia
- School of Medicine, University of Notre Dame Australia, Sydney, New South Wales 2010, Australia
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- Health Policy Centre, South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute, Kaurna Country, Adelaide, South Australia 5000, Australia
- National Centre for Education and Training on Addiction, Flinders Health and Medical Research Institute, College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, Kaurna Country, Adelaide, South Australia 5001, Australia
- School of Public Health, University of Adelaide, Kaurna Country, Adelaide, South Australia 5000, Australia
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Aiken A, Chan G, Yuen WS, Clare PJ, Hutchinson D, McBride N, Najman JM, McCambridge J, Upton E, Slade T, Boland VC, De Torres C, Bruno R, Kypri K, Wadolowski M, Mattick RP, Peacock A. Trajectories of parental and peer supply of alcohol in adolescence and associations with later alcohol consumption and harms: A prospective cohort study. Drug Alcohol Depend 2022; 237:109533. [PMID: 35752023 DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2022.109533] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2022] [Revised: 05/17/2022] [Accepted: 06/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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BACKGROUND Supply of alcohol to adolescents is associated with increased alcohol consumption and harms including alcohol use disorder (AUD). We aimed to identify: (1) trajectories of alcohol supply to adolescents; (2) sociodemographic characteristics associated with supply trajectory; (3) patterns of alcohol consumption by supply trajectory; and (4) supply trajectory associations with adverse alcohol outcomes. METHODS We used Australian longitudinal survey data (N = 1813) to model latent trajectories of parent and peer alcohol supply over five annual follow-ups (Waves 2-6; Mage 13.9-17.8 years). Regression models assessed associations between supply trajectories and Wave 1 (Mage=12.9 years) sociodemographic factors and associations between supply trajectories and Wave 7 (Mage=18.8 years) alcohol outcomes. RESULTS We identified five alcohol supply classes: (1) minimal supply (n = 739, 40.8%); (2) early parent sips, late peer/parent whole drinks (n = 254, 14.0%); (3) late peer/parent whole drinks (n = 419, 23.1%); (4) early parent sips, mid peer/parent whole drinks (n = 293, 16.2%); (5) early peer/parent whole drinks (n = 108, 6.0%). Compared to minimal supply, the other classes were 2.7-12.9 times as likely to binge drink, 1.6-3.0 times as likely to experience alcohol-related harms, and 2.1-8.6 times as likely to report AUD symptoms at age 19. CONCLUSION Earlier supply of whole drinks, particularly from peers, was associated with increased risk of early adulthood adverse alcohol outcomes. While minimal supply represented the lowest risk, supplying sips only in early-mid adolescence and delaying supply of whole drinks until late adolescence is likely to be less risky than earlier supply of whole drinks.
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- Alexandra Aiken
- National Drug & Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia.
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- National Centre For Youth Substance Use Research, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD 4067, Australia
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- National Drug & Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
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- National Drug & Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia; Prevention Research Collaboration, The Charles Perkins Centre, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW 2006, Australia
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- National Drug & Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia; Centre for Social and Early Emotional Development, School of Psychology, Faculty of Health, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC 3220, Australia; Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia; Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3052, Australia
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- National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University, Perth, WA 6845, Australia
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- Queensland Alcohol and Drug Research and Education Centre, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia
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- Department of Health Sciences, Seebohm Rowntree Building, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, United Kingdom
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- National Drug & Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
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- Sydney Medical School / The Matilda Centre, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW 2006, Australia
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- National Drug & Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
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- National Drug & Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
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- National Drug & Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia; School of Psychology, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS 7000, Australia
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- Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, NSW 2308, Australia
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- Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences, Macquarie University, NSW 2109, Australia
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- National Drug & Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
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- National Drug & Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia; School of Psychology, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS 7000, Australia
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Ochaba R, Baška T, Bašková M. Alcohol Use and Its Affordability in Adolescents in Slovakia between 2010 and 2018: Girls Are Less Adherent to Policy Measures. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2021; 18:5047. [PMID: 34064569 PMCID: PMC8151370 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18105047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2021] [Revised: 05/04/2021] [Accepted: 05/07/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND The article analyzes selected indicators of alcohol use (weekly use, drunkenness within last month) and the ability of adolescents to buy alcohol in Slovakia between 2010 and 2018. METHODS Health Behavior in School-Aged Children (HBSC) is a cross-sectional questionnaire study. A standardized uniform questionnaire was used to create a representative sample of 15-year-old adolescents. Two surveys carried out in Slovakia in 2010 (n = 1568) and 2018 (n = 1298) were analyzed. RESULTS Weekly alcohol use and drunkenness declined only in boys, not in girls. Affordability of alcohol (not being prevented from buying it) declined among weekly drinking boys (from 60.4 to 34.1%) but remained almost unchanged in girls from a higher socioeconomic group compared to those from a lower one (57.9% vs. 30.6% in 2018). CONCLUSIONS Affordability of alcohol in boys decreased with a decline in alcohol use, corresponding with implemented legislative measures. However, it remained unchanged in girls from a higher socioeconomic group.
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- Róbert Ochaba
- Department of Public Health, Faculty of Health Care and Social Work, Trnava University, 918 43 Trnava, Slovakia;
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- Department of Public Health, Jessenius Faculty of Medicine in Martin, Comenius University in Bratislava, 036 01 Bratislava, Slovakia;
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- Department of Midwifery, Jessenius Faculty of Medicine in Martin, Comenius University in Bratislava, 036 01 Bratislava, Slovakia
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Lam T, Fischer J, Salom C, Ogeil R, Wilson J, Lubman DI, Burns L, Lenton S, Gilmore W, Chikritzhs T, Aiken A, Allsop S. Safety first: Beliefs of older peers supplying alcohol to underage friends. Health Promot J Austr 2020; 32:407-415. [PMID: 32589329 DOI: 10.1002/hpja.378] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2019] [Revised: 04/16/2020] [Accepted: 06/22/2020] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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ISSUE ADDRESSED Underage drinkers most commonly source alcohol from older peers. However, few studies have examined older peers' supply-related beliefs and motivations. METHODS A sample of 270 risky drinkers aged 18-19 years were interviewed in Australia where the legal purchase age is 18. They were asked about their provision to underage friends, awareness of secondary supply legislation (intended to prohibit such supply) and 24 psycho-legal beliefs around supply. RESULTS Half (49%) provided alcohol to a 16- to 17-year-old friend to drink at a party they were both attending at least twice a year. Three-quarters reported provision was okay so long as the recipient(s) were in a safe environment, and 46% reported "everyone gives alcohol to teenagers if they are in a safe environment." There was significantly higher agreement that "my friends would think I was mean if I did not give alcohol to a friend under the age of 18" (37%), compared to "my friends would think I was uncool if I did not give alcohol to a friend under the age of 18" (26%). Two thirds (69%) felt more responsible for an underage friend's safety if they provided the alcohol. A multivariate logistic regression revealed supply was more likely if the supplier: was aged 18 compared to 19 (95% CI OR: 1.57, 4.84), male (1.06, 3.27), of a higher SES quintile (1.08, 1.80) and believed alcohol supply to minors was morally acceptable (1.01, 1.33) and normal (1.04, 1.38). Knowledge of regulatory strategies (68%) designed to prevent supply to minors, and their perceived deterrent value did not significantly impact supply. CONCLUSIONS Supply of alcohol to underage peers was perceived as morally and socially acceptable in a group of 18- to 19-year-old risky drinkers. SO WHAT?: Opportunities include harm reduction initiatives that prioritise caring responsibilities towards friends, as opposed to relying on external enforcement measures alone.
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- Tina Lam
- Monash Addiction Research Centre, Eastern Health Clinical School, Monash University, Frankston, VIC, Australia.,National Drug Research Institute, Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University, Perth, WA, Australia
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- National Centre for Education and Training on Addiction, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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- Institute for Social Science Research, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Monash Addiction Research Centre, Eastern Health Clinical School, Monash University, Frankston, VIC, Australia.,Turning Point, Eastern Health Clinical School, Monash University, Richmond, VIC, Australia
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- Turning Point, Eastern Health Clinical School, Monash University, Richmond, VIC, Australia
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- Monash Addiction Research Centre, Eastern Health Clinical School, Monash University, Frankston, VIC, Australia.,Turning Point, Eastern Health Clinical School, Monash University, Richmond, VIC, Australia
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- National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- National Drug Research Institute, Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University, Perth, WA, Australia
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- National Drug Research Institute, Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University, Perth, WA, Australia
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- National Drug Research Institute, Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University, Perth, WA, Australia
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- National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- National Drug Research Institute, Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University, Perth, WA, Australia
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Lam T. How Should We Regulate the Way Young People Are Introduced to Alcohol? J Adolesc Health 2020; 66:645-646. [PMID: 32473717 DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2020.03.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2020] [Accepted: 03/17/2020] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Tina Lam
- Monash Addiction Research Centre, Monash University, Victoria, Australia
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