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Scope of the High-Risk Health Behavior

The High-risk health behavior: binge drinking alcohol.

According to the Monitoring the Future study, 25.7% of tenth-graders reported using alcohol in the past 30 days (Harding et al., 2016)

Size and Distribution of the Community/Population for this task is the Underaged youths

Krieg and Kuhl (2016) approximate 71 % of adolescents between 12-12 years in the U.S to be users of alcohol. From this number, they found that black youths have a lower binge drinking rate of 11.3% compared to whites 25.9%, either in the rural or urban areas (Krieg & Kuhl, 2016)

The negative health outcome related with underage alcohol abuse is neurocognitive deficits.

Nguyen-Louie et al. (2015) note that excessive alcohol interacts with the glutamate neurotransmitter receptors in the brain when used, leading to memory loss and learning impairment. They approximate that about 34% of underage youths using alcohol develop neurocognitive disorders (Nguyen-Louie et al., 2015)

Risk Factor for high-risk behavior – Individual Level is Anxiety disorders.

Research conducted by Sudhinaraset et al. (2016) found that unique stressors caused by racial discrimination among African American emerging adults are the leading cause of binge drinking of alcohol. Interaction with the unfavorable environment is the leading cause of this stress (Sudhinaraset et al., 2016).

Risk Factor for high-risk behavior – Relationship

Level is Parental alcohol use.

Rusby et al. note that adolescents learn how to drink from their parents. According to them, Parental alcohol use plays a huge role in binge drinking in early adolescence. (Rusby et al., 2018).

Risk Factor for high-risk behavior – Community

Level is Easy access to alcohol.

According to Dixon and Chartier (2016), the availability or perceived availability of alcohol to adolescents causes binge drinking. They noted that when alcohol is readily available, there is more urge to use it (Dixon & Chartier, 2016).

Cultural competence within the

Community/Population is the more men than women engage in binge alcohol drinking.

Sudhinaraset et al. (2016) agree that cultural norms equate drinking to masculinity. According to their research, more men than women fall victims to binge drinking (Sudhinaraset et al., 2016).