OTHER ISSUES

HOW ALCOHOL HAS EFFECTS ON OTHER THINGS

• DEPRESSION
• REDUCES SEXUAL ABLILTIY
• FETAL ALCHOLISM SYNDROME
• LIVER DAMAGE

SOME FACTS:

• ALCOHOL CONSUMPTIONS IS SAID TO BE A MAJOR CONTRIBUTOR TO 41%TO 95% OF DEATHS OF LIVER CIRRHOSIS AND ALCOHOL HEPATITS
• DEATHS FROM CHRONIC LIVER DISEAS INCLUDING CIRRHOSIS CONSTITUTE THE THENTH LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH FOR LATINOS, WHERE AS THEY DO NOT APPEAR ON THE TEN LEADING CAUSE OF DEATHS FOR WHITES AND AFRICAN AMERICANS

RESOURCES:

[Book] Molina, Marilyn Aguirre & Carlos, Zambrana, Ruth Enid.(2001).Alcohol Use and Alcohol-Related Problems Among Latinos in the United States. Health Issues in the Latino community . 383-407.

[Online] www.alcoholics-anonymous.org Retrieved March 29, 2005

[Online] www.be-health-smart.com/alcohol-treatment.html Retrieved March 29, 2005

[Online] www.mckinley.uiuc.edu/health-info/drug-alc/approach.html . Retrieved March 29,2005