Open AccessDoes academic streams influence alcohol use in colleges?
Author(s) -
Purnima Me,
Abel Thamby,
K P Jayaprakashan,
Anjana Rani,
B Sivasankaran Nair,
Kandavel Thennarasu,
T S Jaisoorya
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
indian journal of psychiatry/indian journal of psychiatry
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.485
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1998-3794
pISSN - 0019-5545
DOI - 10.4103/psychiatry.indianjpsychiatry_976_20
Subject(s) - psychosocial , psychological intervention , logistic regression , environmental health , alcohol , cross sectional study , medicine , public health , psychology , nursing , psychiatry , biochemistry , chemistry , pathology
Alcohol use among college students is a major public health priority owing to its high prevalence and numerous negative outcomes. Most interventions targeting alcohol use among college students consider them as a homogenous entity. There is preliminary evidence from high-income countries that patterns of alcohol use differ across academic streams. This remains unstudied in India.