Carey Timothy A, MacGregor Margo
Centre for Remote Health, Flinders University, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia.
Aust J Rural Health. 2019 Oct;27(5):380-385. doi: 10.1111/ajr.12523. Epub 2019 Jun 26.
The objective of this research was to answer the question "In Alice Springs and Tennant Creek, why do young people aged between 18 and 25 use alcohol the way that they do?"
A qualitative design incorporating semi-structured interviews and focus groups was used.
The focus groups and most individual interviews were conducted at various locations in Alice Springs and Tennant Creek according to the preferences of the participants.
Twenty young people aged between 18 and 25 years participated in the project. Eleven of the 20 participants were women and both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and non-Indigenous youth were included.
The outcome of interest was the self-reports of young people regarding the way in which they use alcohol, why they use it that way and how they came to use it in the ways that they do.
Interpretative phenomenological analysis was used to analyse the data. Two superordinate themes and six sub-themes emerged from the data. Key findings were that: boredom and peer pressure were not key factors in alcohol use; alcohol was used as an activity to have fun with friends; and youth do not engage with current approaches to health messaging.
Young people in remote Australia drink for complex and sometimes contradictory social reasons. Young people should be involved in the design of any programs targeting alcohol use.
本研究的目的是回答“在爱丽丝泉和滕南特克里克，18至25岁的年轻人为何以他们现有的方式饮酒？”这一问题。
采用了包含半结构化访谈和焦点小组的定性设计。
焦点小组和大多数个人访谈根据参与者的偏好，在爱丽丝泉和滕南特克里克的不同地点进行。
20名年龄在18至25岁之间的年轻人参与了该项目。20名参与者中有11名女性，包括原住民、托雷斯海峡岛民和非原住民青年。
感兴趣的结果是年轻人关于他们饮酒方式、为何采用这种方式饮酒以及如何形成这种饮酒方式的自我报告。
采用解释性现象学分析来分析数据。数据中出现了两个上位主题和六个下位主题。主要发现为：无聊和同伴压力不是饮酒的关键因素；饮酒是一种与朋友娱乐的活动；年轻人不认同当前的健康信息传播方式。
澳大利亚偏远地区的年轻人饮酒有着复杂且有时相互矛盾的社会原因。在设计任何针对饮酒问题的项目时都应让年轻人参与其中。
