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University Medical Center Groningen

Prediction of smoking and alcohol use during adolescence

Researcher: L.Visser
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Research period: 2007-2014
Financier: University of Groningen

Summary:

Smoking and alcohol has great consequences for public health and starts commonly during adolescence. Not all starters develop problematic use, defined by ‘daily use’ for cigarette smoking and ‘regular excessive use’ for alcohol. For smoking, this occurs in about half of the starters. For alcohol, this is largely unknown.

This study may contribute to the development of methods for early detecting individuals and groups at risk of problematic use, feasible for implementation in routine preventive health care. This study forms a part of the TRAILS-study, a follow-up cohort study of more than 10-12 years-old children, started in 2000-2001. Three assessments have been done, where data have been collected about smoking, alcohol use, social and psychological factors, life circumstances, life events, physical health and social-demografic characteristics.  Further, data about this factors was added from dossiers of the youth health care. These dossiers contain data from prenatal age until age 14.

Stastical analysis will be done on predictors of smoking and alcohol use, where attention will be given on the development of problematic use. Results will be published in international scientific journals  and will be presented at national and international conferences.

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