Journal
JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
Volume 34, Issue -, Pages I20-I30Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fds006
Keywords
Alcohol; risk behaviour; adolescence; cohort
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Funding
- Economic and Social Research Council [RES-060-23-0011]
- Centre for the Development and Evaluation of Complex Interventions for Public Health Improvement (DECIPHer)
- British Heart Foundation, Cancer Research UK, Economic and Social Research Council [RES-590-28-0005]
- Medical Research Council [G0800612, G0802736]
- Welsh Assembly Government
- Wellcome Trust [WT087640MA]
- UK Clinical Research Collaboration
- South West Public Health Training Scheme
- ESRC [ES/E00234X/1] Funding Source: UKRI
- MRC [G0800612, G0802736] Funding Source: UKRI
- Economic and Social Research Council [ES/E00234X/1] Funding Source: researchfish
- Medical Research Council [G9815508, G0800612, G0802736] Funding Source: researchfish
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Adolescent risk behaviours such as smoking, alcohol use and antisocial behaviour are associated with increased risk of morbidity and mortality. Patterns of risk behaviour may vary between genders during adolescence. Analysis of data from a longitudinal birth cohort to assess the prevalence and distribution of multiple risk behaviours by gender at age 1516 years with a focus on alcohol use at age 10, 13 and 15 years. By age 15 years, over half of boys and girls had consumed alcohol and one-fifth had engaged in binge drinking with no clear difference by gender. At age 1516 years, the most prevalent risk behaviours were physical inactivity (74), antisocial and criminal behaviour (42) and hazardous drinking (34). Boys and girls engaged in a similar number of behaviours but antisocial and criminal behaviours, cannabis use and vehicle-related risk behaviours were more prevalent among boys, whilst tobacco smoking, self-harm and physical inactivity were more prevalent among girls. Multiple risk behaviour is prevalent in both genders during adolescence but the pattern of individual risk behaviour varies between boys and girls. Effective interventions at the individual, family, school, community or population level are needed to address gender-specific patterns of risk behaviour during adolescence.
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