THE LIFESTYLE OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS: ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION ISSUES

Birutė Strukčinskienė, Neringa Strazdienė, Alona Rauckienė-Michaelsson, Vaiva Strukčinskaitė, Dileta Tervydytė, Emilija Griškonytė, Sigitas Griškonis Abstract Introduction. Alcohol consumption has a negative impact on the health of children, adolescents and young people, including students. Students’ alcohol consumption studies could help prevent the use of harmful psychoactive substances. Materials and Methods. 319 university students par­ticipated in the…

MORBIDITY TRENDS OF UNINTENTIONAL POISONINGS IN CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN KLAIPEDA COUNTY (LITHUANIA)

Birutė Strukčinskienė, Sigitas Griškonis Abstract Unintentional poisonings in children, teenagers, andyoung people result in significant mortality and morbidityglobally. The aim of the study was to estimatemorbidity trends due to unintentional poisonings inchildren and young people with focus on unintentionalpoisonings from medicines, alcohol, and illicitdrugs in Klaipeda County (Lithuania).The data (over 2003-2015) were obtained from theHealth…

Pedestrian Mortality Trends In Children Over Four Decades In Transitional Lithuania

Birutė Strukčinskienė, Robert Bauer, Sigitas Griškonis, Vaiva Strukčinskaitė Abstract The aim of the study was to examine the long-term trends in pedestrian mortality for children (aged 0 to 14 years) and young people (aged 15 to 19 years) over four decades in transitional Lithuania. Methods. Road traffic fatality data were obtained from Statistics Lithuania and…

Lifestyle in Young People in Western Lithuania

Birutė Strukčinskienė, Sigitas Griškonis, Vaiva Strukčinskaitė Abstract The survey on lifestyle in young people was accomplished in the Western Lithuania. In the survey participated 253 young people from Klaipeda University. Chi-square test was used and the significance level p ≤0.05 was considered statistically significant. The study revealed that in Western Lithuania, young men exercise more…