Twelfth International Conference on Health, Wellness & Society

Abstract

Excessive alcohol consumption prevention has been one of the media’s and the NHTSA’s main targets as s way of decreasing fatal drunk driving from occurring in the United States reported in an article in 2017. They indicate that every day, 28 people in the United States die in an alcohol-related vehicle crash—that’s one person every 51 minutes. It is quantitative study. The purpose is to identify the motive of alcohol consumption among the adult people living in Haiti. The method of the program was designed for only people who consume alcohol. It was based on an exploratory approach where questionnaires were provided to participants to analyze their motives for consuming alcohol. Four variables (enhancement, coping, conformity and social) were included in the questionnaires and each had 5 sub-variables. We had a total of 58 participants, 37 males and 21 females. 52 participants responded to the enhancement, 51 to the coping, 45 to the conformity and 51 to the social variables. The findings revealed that the results were not statistically on any of the variables. However, the results were effective in showing significant differences between ages and gender in relation with each variable. The only variable that reveals same reasons between males and female was enhancement variable; where and 6 males and 6 females indicated that they drink for excitement. In conclusion, an educational program to help clients determine the negative impacts on health, such as cirrhosis causing by alcohol consumption, will be beneficial to patients.