澳大利亚中学负责人关于成年人饮酒情况的报告。

Principals' reports of adults' alcohol use in Australian secondary schools.

作者信息

Ward Bernadette M, Kippen Rebecca, Buykx Penny, Munro Geoffrey, McBride Nyanda, Wiggers John

机构信息

School of Rural Health, Monash University, PO Box 666, Bendigo, Victoria, 3552, Australia.

Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.

出版信息

BMC Public Health. 2016 Feb 29;16:195. doi: 10.1186/s12889-016-2877-4.

DOI:10.1186/s12889-016-2877-4

PMID:26924314

原文链接:https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4770692/

Abstract

BACKGROUND

Schools provide opportunities for parents and the wider community to connect and support the physical and emotional wellbeing of their children. Schools therefore have the potential to play a role in the socialisation of alcohol use through school policies and practices regarding consumption of alcohol by adults at school events in the presence of children.

METHODS

This survey was undertaken to a) compare the extent to which alcohol is used at secondary school events, when children are present, in the states of New South Wales (NSW) and Victoria (VIC), Australia; b) describe principals' level of agreement with these practices; c) their awareness of state policies on this issue; and d) the predictors of such events. A random sample of secondary schools, stratified to represent metropolitan and non-metropolitan schools were invited to participate. Bivariate and multivariate analysis were conducted with p values < 0.05 considered significant.

RESULTS

A total of 241 (43%) schools consented to participate in the study. Fifteen percent of participating NSW schools and 57% of VIC schools held at least one event in which alcohol was consumed by adults in the presence of children in the year before the survey. Of the 100 reported events, 78% were Year 12 graduation dinners, and 18% were debutante balls. Compared to NSW principals, VIC principals were significantly more likely to agree with the use of alcohol at these events; significantly less likely to be aware of their state education department policy on this issue; have a policy at their own school or support policy that prohibits alcohol use at such events; and less likely to report having enough information to make decisions about this.

CONCLUSIONS

There is a growing focus on adults' use of alcohol at school events when children are present. Schools can play an important role in educating and socialising children about alcohol via both the curriculum and policies regarding adults' alcohol use at school events. Findings from this study suggest education department and school-based policies that prohibit or restrict the use of alcohol, are significant predictors of adults' alcohol use at school events when children are present.

摘要

背景

学校为家长及更广泛的社区提供了相互联系并支持孩子身心健康的机会。因此，学校有潜力通过有关在有孩子在场的学校活动中成年人饮酒的学校政策和做法，在饮酒的社会化过程中发挥作用。

方法

本次调查旨在：a）比较在澳大利亚新南威尔士州（NSW）和维多利亚州（VIC），有孩子在场的中学活动中酒精的使用程度；b）描述校长对这些做法的认同程度；c）他们对该问题的州政策的知晓情况；d）此类活动的预测因素。邀请了一个分层随机抽取的中学样本参与，该样本代表了大城市和非大城市的学校。进行了双变量和多变量分析，p值<0.05被视为具有统计学意义。

结果

共有241所（43%）学校同意参与研究。在参与调查的新南威尔士州学校中，15%的学校和维多利亚州学校中57%的学校在调查前一年至少举办过一次有成年人在孩子面前饮酒的活动。在报告的100起此类活动中，78%是12年级毕业晚宴，18%是初入社交界舞会。与新南威尔士州的校长相比，维多利亚州的校长更有可能认同在这些活动中饮酒；知晓本州教育部门关于此问题政策的可能性显著更低；自己学校有禁止此类活动中饮酒的政策或支持该政策；并且报告称有足够信息来对此做出决策的可能性更低。