TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - Brief underage alcohol use screener scores predict health risk behaviors
JO  - Journal of school nursing
A1  - Tubman, Jonathan G.
A1  - Meca, Alan
A1  - Schwartz, Seth J.
A1  - Velazquez, Maria Rosa
A1  - Egbert, Andrew W.
A1  - Soares, Mary H.
A1  - Regan, Timothy
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - 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.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1059-8405
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1059840519871092
ID  - ref1
ER  -