Alcohol Drinking Behavior of the Ban Mueang Chang Tai Community, Mueang Chang Subdistrict, Phu Piang District, Nan Province

Abstract

The purposes of the descriptive research were to study the knowledge, attitude and alcohol drinks behavior, and the factors related to alcohol drinking behavior. The sample group of 260 people of Mueang Chang Tai Community, Mueang Chang Subdistrict, Phu Piang District, Nan Province, were purposively selected. The research tools used for collecting data were questionnaires. The statistics analysis were frequency, percentage, mean, and standard deviation and hypothesis testing was Chi-square.

          The results found that most of the sample was female (60.00%), age range over 60 years (26.54%). Experience alcohol drinking was 97.69%. Alcohol beginners of age 10-20 years old were 58.08%. The knowledge, attitude and alcohol drinks behavior found that their knowledge was the good level (92.31%), attitude was the moderate level (69.23%), and alcohol drinks behavior was low risk (75.77%). The factors correlated statistical significance with alcohol drinks were gender, age and the knowledge. Findings from this study can be applied for preventing and controlling alcohol consumption among new drinkers aged 10-20 years and raise community awareness of the harmful effects of alcohol consumption to reduce health risks.