Adolescentes y consumo nocivo de alcohol: Chile 2009: mirando a las políticas públicas / Proposing a data mining scaffolding for preventing harmful alcohol consumption in Chilean adolescents
Rev. méd. Chile
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141(5): 644-651, mayo 2013. ilus
Article
in Spanish
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ABSTRACT
Background:
Adolescent alcohol and drug consumption are important public health problems in the Chilean young population.Aim:
The purpose of this study was to examine the potential ofa data mining approach in scaffolding policy making, using the particular case of differential risks of harmful alcohol consumption in adolescent students. Material andMethods:
Index and control groups were composed by 7918 and 7138 participants respectively (drawn from a CONACE survey 2009), aged 16 ± 2 years, 52% mole. Heavy drinking at last month was the independent variable. As dependent variables parenting style, peer group influence, age and sex were used. For data analysis, a data mining approach was applied (CART, SPSS version 15).Results:
The peer group influence was the main discriminant variable in males and the total sample, proving to be the only relevant variable in the case of women. The results suggest how a data mining approach may be useful in order to develop a hard data scaffolding for making and implementing policies in general andpolicies addressing adolescent alcohol consumption in particular.
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Index:
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Main subject:
Alcohol Drinking
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Data Mining
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Checklist
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Health Policy
Type of study:
Etiology study
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Observational study
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Prevalence study
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Risk factors
Limits:
Adolescent
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
South America
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Chile
Language:
Spanish
Journal:
Rev. méd. Chile
Journal subject:
Medicine
Year:
2013
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Chile
Institution/Affiliation country:
Universidad de Chile/CL
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