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Journal article
Vietnamese medical students and binge drinking: a qualitative study of perceptions, attitudes, beliefs and experience
BMJ Open, Vol.8(4), pp.1-8
2018
PMID: 29705758
Abstract
Objectives: To explore the perceptions, attitudes, beliefs, and experiences related to Vietnamese medical students’ binge drinking.
Design: A qualitative study comprising semi-structured focus groups/interviews with medical students and semi-structured interviews with key informants. Thematic analysis of data.
Setting: Participants were a convenience sample of usual volunteers from a medical university in Viet Nam.
Participants: 19 medical students from year 1 to 6 and 4 key informants agreed to participate in the study.
Results: The study found participants believe medical students drink less than other students and are not binge drinkers yet they experience and/or witness many binge drinking occasions among medical students. Participants consider alcohol use as culturally acceptable in Vietnamese society and a way for medical students to create and improve relationships with their friends, teachers, or work colleagues. Group affiliation and peer pressure to drink excessive alcohol are identified among medical students, especially male students.
Conclusion: The culture of drinking behaviour was explored among medical students in Viet Nam. This study reveals a dichotomy between the belief of not being binge drinkers and the experience of many binge drinking occasions among medical students. This tension suggests future research about binge drinking behaviour of Vietnamese medical students is required.
Details
- Title
- Vietnamese medical students and binge drinking: a qualitative study of perceptions, attitudes, beliefs and experience
- Authors
- Thi Thu Huong Nguyen (Author) - Queensland University of TechnologyMarguerite C Sendall (Author) - Queensland University of TechnologyKatherine M White (Author) - Queensland University of TechnologyRoss Young (Author) - Queensland University of Technology
- Publication details
- BMJ Open, Vol.8(4), pp.1-8
- Publisher
- B M J Publishing Group
- Date published
- 2018
- DOI
- 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-020176
- ISSN
- 2044-6055
- PMID
- 29705758
- Copyright note
- Copyright (c) 2018 the authors. This is an Open Access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
- Organisation Unit
- University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; Office of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research and Innovation)
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99551606402621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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