Abstract
The social and economic profile of alcohol-traumatized young people and alcohol users is provided through an exploratory and transversal analysis with 10-24-year-old young people attended to at the Emergency Section of a hospital in the western region of the state of Paraná, Brazil. Data were processed by Statistica 8.0. One hundred and twelve young people were classified in three groups according to alcohol intake: trauma associated with alcoholic beverage consumption; alcohol consumers without any alcohol intake during the previous six hours; teetotalers. Alcohol trauma was predominant in male young people with complete primary schooling, family income between R$ 901 and R$ 1500, without any personal income and working regularly. Higher occurrence lay within the 15-20 years age bracket regardless of their alcohol intake pattern. Results show that young people’s social and economical profile affects the capacity of people in acknowledging and managing the dangers to which they are exposed. Interventions are relevant when the historical and social contexts are taken into account so that changes in health, disease and care processes could be enhanced.
Highlights
The intake of alcoholic beverages is a heritage of human culture and no known culture existed which did not use it, at least, as an integral part of religious rituals
Exclusion criteria for 28 young people who were not interviewed consisted of neurological conditions, insufficient attendance time in the Emergence Clinic (EC) for any contact and refusal to participate
Twenty-two (19.7%) out of the 112 interviewed young people suffered from alcohol-intake trauma and were classified as people with alcohol intake trauma; 65 (58%) were alcoholic beverages consumers in the previous 6h to trauma they did not take any alcoholic drink and were classified as people without alcoholic intake trauma; 25 (22.3%) reported that they never took alcoholic beverages and were classified as people with trauma in abstinence (Figure 1)
Summary
The intake of alcoholic beverages is a heritage of human culture and no known culture existed which did not use it, at least, as an integral part of religious rituals. Alcoholic beverages are present in all social, festive and commemorative celebrations (STAMM; BRESSAN, 2007). The naturalness and familiarity regarding alcoholic beverages abuse lead people towards discarding the probability of health damaging occurrences. The consequences of alcohol abuse are not limited to health impairments of the abusing individual and extend to the consequences on public impact. Health Sciences abuse and liabilities in productivity are paid by taxes imposed by governments (RUIZ; ANDRADE, 2005)
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