Consequences of Low Risk and Hazardous Alcohol Consumption among University Students in Australia and Implications for Health Promotion Interventions
Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=53190#.VLcfFMnQrzE Author(s) Sharyn Burns 1 , Gemma Crawford 1 , Jonathan Hallett 1 , Jonine Jancey 1 , Linda Portsmouth 1 , Kristen Hunt 1 , Janelle Longo 2 Affiliation(s) 1 School of Public Health, Curtin University, Perth, Australia . 2 South Metropolitan Population Health Unit, Department of Health, Fremantle, Australia . ABSTRACT Background: Hazardous alcohol consumption and associated harms are high among young uni- versity students. The university environment is conducive to excessive alcohol consumption with studies finding young university students to drink alcohol at higher levels than their non-university peers. Methods: A random sample of 18 - 24-year-old undergraduate, internal university students completed a survey (n = 2465) to investigate differences in self-reported personal, second-hand and witnessed alcohol-related har...