Open AccessAlcohol Use Behaviors and Reasons to Abstain From or Limit Drinking Among Medically Vulnerable Youth
Author(s) -
Lauren E. Wisk,
Kara M. Magane,
Sharon Levy,
Elissa R. Weitzman
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of addiction medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.264
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 1935-3227
pISSN - 1932-0620
DOI - 10.1097/adm.0000000000000603
Subject(s) - medicine , psychological intervention , cluster (spacecraft) , environmental health , suicide prevention , injury prevention , addiction , logistic regression , human factors and ergonomics , psychiatry , substance use , clinical psychology , poison control , computer science , programming language
Youth with chronic medical conditions (YCMC) use alcohol at levels similar to their healthy peers but face elevated risk for adverse health consequences. As salient reasons to abstain from or limit drinking (RALD) among YCMC are unknown, we sought to identify clusters of RALD and test associations with use behaviors.