Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem
Volume 20, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 528-535

Prevalence of alcohol, tobacco and street drugs consumption in adult Latin American immigrants [Prevalência do consumo de álcool, tabaco e drogas ilícitas em adultos imigrantes Latino-Americanos] (Article) (Open Access)

González-López J.R. , Rodríguez-Gázquez M.A. , Lomas-Campos M.M.
  • a Facultad de Enfermería, Fisioterapia y Podología, Universidad de Sevilla, Spain
  • b Facultad de Enfermería, Universidad de Antioquia, Colombia
  • c Facultad de Enfermería, Fisioterapia y Podología, Universidad de Sevilla, Spain

Abstract

To estimate the prevalence of alcohol, tobacco and illicit drug consumption (through the self-report) in adult Latin-American immigrants of Seville, a cross-sectional descriptive study was carried out in a representative sample of 190 immigrants. The results showed that 61.4% of the participants had consumed alcohol in previous month before data collection, although 13.2% of them were at risk of alcoholism. Moreover, 30.0% were smokers. In addition, 5.3% of the interviewed people had consumed illicit psychoactive substances in the previous six months (Marihuana: 3.7%, hashish: 1.1% and cocaine: 0.5%). For all substances under analysis, the consumption prevalence was much higher in men from 25 to 39 years of age. In conclusion, prevalence levels of this consumption were high among the studied immigrants. Nurses could train the population in the prevention of these risk behaviors through preventive practices.

Author Keywords

Street drugs Alcohol drinking Latin america Emigration and immigration Prevalence tobacco

Index Keywords

South and Central America Latin America Alcohol Drinking drinking behavior human Substance-Related Disorders ethnology Cross-Sectional Studies cross-sectional study Humans smoking male Emigrants and Immigrants Spain female prevalence Article adult migration addiction
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https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84867113239&doi=10.1590%2fS0104-11692012000300014&partnerID=40&md5=269417a232455badf1ce9dff14def86b
DOI: 10.1590/S0104-11692012000300014
ISSN: 01041169
Cited by: 5
Original Language: English; Portuguese