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Adolescent Alcohol Usage In Vermont State: A Review Of Underage Drinking And Its Associations With Suicidality, Cecilia Idman-Rait, Karly Fischer, Shirley Callaghan, Rachel Danis, Caitlin Rettenmaier, Michelle Shepard
Adolescent Alcohol Usage In Vermont State: A Review Of Underage Drinking And Its Associations With Suicidality, Cecilia Idman-Rait, Karly Fischer, Shirley Callaghan, Rachel Danis, Caitlin Rettenmaier, Michelle Shepard
Master of Public Health Culminating Projects
Objective To understand adolescent alcohol usage in Vermont and its associations with suicidality.
Methods A cross-sectional study, utilizing 2017 high school VT YRBS data. Multiple logistic regression and chi-square tests were run using SPSS 25 software. Two groups of survey respondents were selected to represent alcohol usage, Binge Drinkers and Non-Binge Drinkers. Suicidality was analyzed by group, controlling for the predictor variables: age of first drink, grade level, gender, mental health/depression diagnosis, other drug usage, socioeconomic status, and ease of access to alcohol.
Results This study provides state-specific data regarding increased likelihoods of suicide and underage drinking in Vermont. Conclusions …