Urban and Rural Adolescents’ Points-of-Access for Alcohol and Tobacco

The purpose of this study was to examine alcohol and tobacco access points among a sample of rural and urban youth. Through collaboration with four regional school districts, a local drug prevention coalition administered a survey to a sample of 445 youth representing 30 different communities in a c...

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Published in:Journal of community health 2018-04, Vol.43 (2), p.406-411
Main Authors: Williams, Ronald D., Housman, Jeff M., Evans, Jennifer L., Bishop, James M., Ray, Veronica
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescents
Adults
Alcohol use
Alcohols
Community and Environmental Psychology
Demographics
Demography
Ethics
Health behavior
Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
ORIGINAL PAPER
Peers
Prevention
Regional Schools
Rural areas
Rural Urban Differences
Smoking
Statistical analysis
Statistical significance
Teenagers
Tobacco
Urban areas
Youth
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Summary:The purpose of this study was to examine alcohol and tobacco access points among a sample of rural and urban youth. Through collaboration with four regional school districts, a local drug prevention coalition administered a survey to a sample of 445 youth representing 30 different communities in a central U.S. region. The survey items included demographics, 30-day use measures, and questions about points-of-access for alcohol and tobacco. Results showed no differences among points-of-access between urban and rural youth. Ability to obtain alcohol from family, peers, other non-peer youth, and other nonfamily adults (P < 0.05) were each statistically significant predictors of 30-day alcohol use. Ability to obtain tobacco from family, peers, other non-peer youth, other non-family adults, and self-purchase (P < 0.05) were statistically significant predictors of 30-day tobacco use. Access through peers was the strongest predictor for both 30-day alcohol and tobacco use. Determining the primary social points-ofaccess youth use to obtain alcohol and tobacco can assist in the development of appropriate community-level prevention strategies and policies.
ISSN:0094-5145
1573-3610
DOI:10.1007/s10900-017-0438-0