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61% of year 12 girls have had sex A recent article in the Sydney Morning Herald looked at the secret lives of teenager girls; what they get up to when they are out on the town. For many parents it must have been a stomach churning read. OK everyone was young once, but the lines [...]
A report published recently, Adult-Supervised Alcohol Use Doesn't Teach Adolescents to Drink Responsibly, has found that supervised use is associated with more alcohol-related harmful consequences in teens. "Kids need parents to be parents and not drinking buddies," said the study's lead researcher, Barbara J. McMorris, Ph.D., of the School of Nursing at the University of [...]
A recent study published in The Lancet, Global burden of disease in young people aged 10—24 years: a systematic analysis, looked at the burden of disease, injury and death in young people worldwide. Although young people make up 27% of the world’s population not much is known about their contribution to the global burden of [...]
The Korn Group recently published a study, The Truth About Teens and Tweens, that looks at the lives of young people today and how much they are sharing with their parents. It seems that parents are the last to find out what their children are up to, fear of parental embarrassment and reactions means that [...]
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has just released figures that show we as a nation are consuming less beer than we did 60 years ago. Beer consumption fell from 4.62 litres to 4.56 litres per capita in the year to June. Over the past 5 years, the amount of alcohol available for consumption from [...]
Many alcohol promotions are youth targeted and have a huge impact on forming how accepting young people are of alcohol. But these campaigns contribute towards the damage alcohol consumption has on teenager's lives. Magazine ads for alcoholic beverages reached more readers who were 12-20 years of age than adult readers in 2001. 1 According to [...]
22,000 deaths a year caused by tobacco and alcohol consumption and related illnesses. Tobacco, like alcohol and other drugs, has a tremendous social and economic impact on the health and wellbeing of Australian communities. In an effort to make smoking less appealing the Government is about to introduce the plain packaging legislation. Another step in [...]
A study carried out in America, Binge drinking in the preconception period and the risk of unintended pregnancy: implications for women and their children, has shown that up to 14% of unintended pregnancies were associated with alcohol consumption. The Study’s objective was to investigate the relationship between unintended pregnancies and binge drinking. Binge drinking was [...]
For as long as alcohol fuelled violence and anti-social behaviour continue within Australian society because of our drinking culture, it will be necessary to carry out initiatives like Operation Unite. Operation Unite lasted over 2 nights in early May in the city of Knox and Syndham in Melbourne and regionally in Bendigo and Shepparton. Deputy [...]
This is a free seminar that is open to the public, especially parents and care givers. Seats are limited. You must register and have a ticket to gain entry. Where: St Mary’s College, Mary Street, Woodend, Ipswich QLD When: Sunday 22 May 2011 HOW TO GET A TICKET Phone The Base Youth Agency on 07 3818 [...]
