Analysis of Alcohol's Effects on Young People: HSO4003 Report

This report examines the effects of alcohol consumption on young people and adolescents, highlighting the increased vulnerability of this demographic compared to adults. It emphasizes the potential for significant brain damage and adverse health outcomes, including both short-term and long-term problems. The research explores the importance of awareness regarding alcohol's ill effects and reviews existing literature to summarize the associated harms. Key findings from two articles are presented, indicating that early exposure and peer pressure are significant factors influencing alcohol use among youth. The report concludes that improving health outcomes and well-being requires raising awareness and providing support to reduce alcohol consumption. The report also references relevant research articles.

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TABLE OF CONTENT
• INTRODUCTION
• MAIN BODY
• CONCLUSION
• REFERENCES

INTRODUCTION
• The main aim of the study is to analyse effect of alcohol on young people and adolescents.
• It has been analysed that young people are at more harm in making use of alcohol than the adults.
• It has been evaluated that the risk of brain damage because of consuming alcohol is higher in young
people.
• Their health outcome can be affected and it can lead to significant problems in later life.
• If young people are being involved in drinking regularly then this can lead to shorter or longer health
related problem.

Background and overview of the research
• This research is really important as young people needs to be aware about the ill effects of consuming alcohol at
such an early age.
• The aim of the study was to undertake a systematic review based on the literature and also summarise ill effects and
harm of taking alcohol.
• There is various risk associated with consumption of alcohol among adolescents and young people.
• It includes generational transmission, they can go through physical and sexual abuse at a very young age, early
exposure to consumption of alcohol in childhood can cause problematic behaviour in adulthood.

why important in health and social care
• The research is really important in health and social care as young people are future of country and if they are being
involved in drinking at really young age then this can lead to lowering down of their health outcome and quality of
life.
• It has also been analysed that because of this children and young people can go through impulsive behaviour.
• They can lose their abilities to make better decision and also this will impact their health outcome negatively.
• They can also be not able to perform their daily life functions

search strategy
• Key words used for finding the information: Boolean operator was used as a search strategy to find the relevant
articles for the research.
• In this following key words were search Alcohol or Substance use, Children or young people, Adolescents or
teenagers, Health or social care, health care professionals and nurses.
• All these key words have assisted in getting the end results.
• The data bases which were used in getting the relevant articles included MEDLINE, EMBASE CINAHL,
PsycINFO, Social Science Citation Index, Science Citation Index, Scopus.

Overview of each article
• Article 1: Impact of Alcohol Consumption on Young People < https://dera.ioe.ac.uk/11355/1/DCSF-RR067.pdf >
• Aim: The aim was to analyse impact of alcohol consumption on young people.
• Methods used: Systematic review method is being used in first article which is been selected. In this article proper
inclusion and exclusion criteria is been selected and used (Ryan and Kokotailo, 2019). Meta-analysis is being done.
The participants in present research included was children from the age of 5-19. Outcomes of interest included direct
harms to physical, social or mental health of the drinking Individual.

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• Article 2: Alcohol’s Effects on Adolescents < https://pubs.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/arh26-4/287-291.pdf >
• Aim: The main was to analyse effect of alcohol on adolescents
• Methods: Qualitative study was being used in the study. In this article thematic analysis was used which has assisted
researcher in making adequate themes. The participants which were been taken for the study was between the age of
5-19. In this research, researcher has aim to analyse drinking patterns of participants.

Data analysis
• Finding of article 1: It has been analysed from the article that most of the young people are introduced to alcohol by
their parents (Tavares and et.al., 2019).
• There are various common signs and symptoms which can be seen if an adolescent is been drinking regularly.
• This includes headache, shakiness, nausea and vomiting.
• Alcohol can impair the development of brain, the young people below the age of 15 years are at greater risk. Author
has also provided the details that first experience of drinking comes between age of 8-12.

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• Finding of article 2: It has been analysed that young people
are been involved in drinking because of peer pressure and
also seeing other people like their own parents making use
of alcohol.

CONCLUSION
• From the above study it has been summarised that health
outcome and well-being of young people can be improved by
making them aware about ill effects of alcohol and also by
providing them with support so that they can lower down
usage of it.

REFERENCES
• Tavares, E.R. and et.al., 2019. Sex Differences in the Effect of Alcohol Drinking on Myelinated Axons in the
Anterior Cingulate Cortex of Adolescent Rats. Brain sciences, 9(7), p.167.
• Ryan, S.A. and Kokotailo, P., 2019. Alcohol Use by Youth. Pediatrics, 144(1), p.e20191357.
• Lees, B. and et.al., 2020. Effect of alcohol use on the adolescent brain and behavior. Pharmacology Biochemistry
and Behavior, p.172906.
• Curran, C.P. and Marczinski, C.A., 2017. Taurine, caffeine, and energy drinks: Reviewing the risks to the adolescent
brain. Birth defects research, 109(20), pp.1640-1648.