Odetta Duma 1, Solange Tamara Roşu 2, Liliana Tarţău 3
1 Department of Public Health and Sanitary Management, Gr.T.Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Iaşi
2 Department of Nursing, Gr.T.Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Iaşi
3 Department of Pharmacology – Algesiology, Gr.T.Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Iaşi
Abstract
This paper represents an analysis of the main features of the alcohol consumption identified in violent deaths among children aged 0-18 years, registered in Iaşi county, between 2004-2008. The data source was gathered from the medico-legal files of the corpses, recorded at the Iaşi Medico-Legal Institute. The study has a descriptive character and aims to identify the following characteristics in connection with the consumption of alcohol: personal, temporal, spatial and death mechanism. From a total number of 274 violent deaths of children under 18 years, 126 children were suspected of alcohol drinking and tested, and 30 cases were found positive. A significant increase of alcohol consumption has been recorded during the summer, especially in July (p-value=0.01). The teenager alcohol consumer’s profile was: 14-15 year-old child, male, rural area, who suffered a violent trauma at the end of the week, during summer, by drowning, place of death represented by running rivers. The study can be considered as a foundation for elaborating preventive strategies.