Breathalysing and surveying river users in Australia to understand alcohol consumption and attitudes toward drowning risk.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Little is known about people's river usage, a leading drowning location. This study examines alcohol consumption patterns of river users and their attitudes to drowning risk.

Methods

A convenience sample of adult (18+ years) river users were surveyed at four river locations. The survey covered eight domains: demographics; river attendance frequency; frequency of engaging in water activities; drinking patterns; alcohol and water safety knowledge; alcohol and water safety attitudes; alcohol consumption; and Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC). For BAC, participants were asked to record time since their last alcoholic drink and were then breathalysed to record an estimate of their BAC. BAC was examined by BAC reading (negative, positive, ≥0.050%). Hazardous lifetime dr

SUBMITTER: Peden AE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6300037 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature