Citation

Tubman JG, Meca A, Schwartz SJ, Velazquez MR, Egbert AW, Soares MH, Regan T. J. Sch. Nurs. 2019; ePub(ePub): ePub.

Affiliation

Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, National Association of School Nurses, Publisher SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1059840519871092

PMID

31455127

Abstract

The aim of this study was to determine if adolescents' scores on a 2-item underage alcohol use screener predict risky consequences of past-year alcohol use and other health risk behaviors in a nonclinical, school-based sample of adolescents. A predominantly minority sample of 756 middle and high school students completed in-school tablet-based surveys on past-year underage alcohol use and a range of health risk behaviors. Higher scores for self alcohol risk and peer alcohol risk were associated with higher risk of past-year riding with a drunk driver and past 90-day measures of cigarette use, marijuana use, unplanned sex, and unprotected intercourse. The National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Brief Alcohol Screener is a useful tool for school-based service providers, including school nurses, to identify and address the needs of adolescents at high risk of the development of alcohol use disorders, as well as a range of preventable health risk behaviors.

Language: en

Keywords

adolescent health; alcohol screener; drunk driving; health risk behavior; school nursing; sexual risk behavior