This study determined the associations between alcohol use exposures, marketing, education, and problem drinking and\r\ndrunkenness among youth living in the slums of Kampala. This cross-sectional study of youth was conducted in 2011 to quantify\r\nand describe high-risk behavior and exposures in a convenience sample (?? = 457) of urban youth living in the slums, 14ââ?¬â??24 years\r\nof age, who were participating in a drop-in center for disadvantaged street youth. Logistic regression analyses were computed\r\nto determine associations between alcohol use exposures, marketing exposures, alcohol education, and problem drinking and\r\ndrunkennesswhile controlling for possible confounders.Among participants, 30.2% reported problem drinking and 32.8% reported\r\ndrunkenness. Inmultivariate analyses, obtaining free drinks was associatedwith problem drinking (AOR: 2.47; 95% CI = 1.23ââ?¬â??4.96)\r\nand drunkenness (AOR: 2.40; 95% CI = 1.22ââ?¬â??4.70) after controlling for potential confounders. Alcohol education measures were\r\nnot significantly associated with either problem drinking or drunkenness inmultivariate analyses. There are important associations\r\nbetween alcohol marketing and drinking among these youth. Moreover, the findings underscore the need for additional research\r\nrelated to the impact of alcohol marketing among vulnerable youth and also the need for policy regulations that restrict alcohol\r\nmarketing that involve providing free alcohol directly to youth.
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