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Health and behavioral factors associated with binge drinking among university students in nine ASEAN countries

Article scientifique 2017 Anglais

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BACKGROUND: Heavy drinking among university students has been globally recognized as a major public health burden. In the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) region, studies on this issue have been scant, country-specific and in different time frames. The aim of this study was to identify social and behavioral factors associated with binge drinking among university students in nine ASEAN countries. METHODS: This cross-sectional study was conducted in 2015 among 8809 undergraduate university students from 13 universities in Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam using self-administered questionnaire. Multivariate logistic regression analyses were conducted to explore the associated factors. RESULTS: More than half (62.3%) of the study sample were female with a mean age of 20.5 (SD = 2.0) years. Of total, 12.8% were infrequent (

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Yi, S., Ngin, C., Peltzer, K., Pengpid, S. (2017). Health and behavioral factors associated with binge drinking among university students in nine ASEAN countries. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13011-017-0117-2

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Siyan Yi Chanrith Ngin Karl Peltzer Supa Pengpid

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