| dc.description.abstract | Background: The Alcohol, a psychoactive substance with addictive properties, causes
substantial health and social impacts. Globally, in 2016, alcohol was the fifth leading risk
factor in death, disease and injury, causing over 2.7 million people deaths and four per cent of
disability-adjusted life years. Alcohol-related health outcomes are determined by the total
volume and pattern of consumption. Broadly, binge drinking during a single sitting
significantly increases injury risk, while accumulative total volume over years is a predictor
of chronic disease
Objective: The purpose of study was to investigate knowledge, attitude and practice
regarding alcohol use among youth of Bwefulumya village-Mukono District
Methods: This was a descriptive cross-sectional and descriptive, employing quantitative
method of data collection was used to knowledge, attitude and practice regarding alcohol use
among youth of Bwefulumya village-Mukono District. A total of 320 male youths using
simple random sampling methods were selected and were interviewed using a pre-tested
semi-structured questionnaires, data was analyzed using SPSS version 20.
Results: From the data analyzed, 217(67.8%) of the respondents use alcohol while 103
(32.2%) never used alcohol, the alcohol use was prevalence of consistent correct condom use
was32.1% and Majority of the respondents 248 (77.5%) had low knowledge on alcohol use
while 72 (22.5%) of the respondents had high knowledge, Generally, most of the respondents
194 (60.6%) had negative attitude towards alcohol use and there was negative attitude of the
respondents regarding alcohol use
Conclusions: In conclusion, this study revealed proportion of alcohol use among the
respondents was 67.8% while 43.8% abused alcohol, level of knowledge on alcohol use was
low with over two third of the respondents had low knowledge rating
Recommendations: Therefore the study approaches to promoting responsible drinking
behavior among the young people are peer-to-peer education. Peer-to-peer teaching approach
should occasionally be reinforced by public film and drama shows and there is need to
educate the population about the effects of alcohol consumption since most of the study
respondents were not willing to stop alcohol intake | en_US |
