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Cafs Irp "How Does Drinking Alcohol Affect the Wellbeing of Teenage Girls (Between the Ages of 14-17"

Decent Essays

HSC assessment 2012

Community and Family Studies

Independent research Project

“How does drinking alcohol affect the wellbeing of teenage girls (between the ages of 14-17)”

Contents

Title Page

Contents

List of tables and figures

Abstract

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Literature Reviews

Methodologies

Results

Analysis and Discussion

Summary and Conclusion

Bibliography

Appendix

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List of tables and Figures

How old are you?

When was the first time you tried alcohol?

How often do you drink?

What type of drinker are you?

If you drink, why do you think is the reason that you drink?

Have you ever been put in a dangerous situation involving alcohol?

Who do you think …show more content…

According to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Many young people are facing the consequences of excessive drinking, at a too early age. Because of this issue, underage drinking is a leading public health problem. Each year, approximately 5,000 young people under the age of 21 die as a result of underage drinking including about 1,900 deaths from motor vehicle crashes, 1,600 as a result of homicides, 300 from suicide, as well as hundreds from other injuries such as falls, burns, and drownings (1–5).

The answer and research to this topic is demonstrated by primary and secondary research, primary such as interviews and surveys, secondary such as news articles, internet articles and research fact sheets. Within primary sources, participants were surveyed at random, but knowing their age first so I can conduct surveys to an equal amount of age groups. Information from primary sources is kept anonymous for ethics and for honesty in answers.

The effects of girl’s underage drinking are negative and dangerous to a girl’s well-being due to the consequences of underage drinking and the fact that their bodies are more vulnerable to alcohol than boys. Health risks of underage drinking include brain effects, liver effects and growth and endocrine effects which may especially affect teenage girls. Consequences girl’s may face due to underage drinking include, Academic problems, Menstrual problems, Poor overall health, Mental health problems, Accidents,

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