The study we conducted focused on «the determinants of alcohol consumption by pregnant women in the ZSUR of Gemena, whose objective was to identify the explanatory factors of alcohol consumption. alcohol by pregnant women. It starts from the observation of excessive alcohol consumption by pregnant women in the locality of Bozagba for which we asked ourselves this research question: what are the explanatory factors of excessive alcohol consumption by pregnant women? ? In view of this question, we hypothesized that the excessive consumption of alcohol by pregnant women in the locality of Bozagba is due to: Ignorance of the harmful effects of alcohol on pregnancy by pregnant women. To verify the hypotheses, we used the survey method supported by the structured observation technique and the face-to-face interview. After the manual tabulation and analysis of the data collected, we obtained the following results: - 60% of respondents have a low level of knowledge about the harmful effects of alcohol on pregnancy; 33.3% have an average level and 6.7% have a high level. - More than 86.7% consume 4 to 6 glasses of alcohol per day; 10% consume 7 to 10 glasses of alcohol a day; - 50% of respondents consume alcohol to cope with worries without however recognizing their harm to their health; 30% for their prestige and 20% for the pleasant taste; In addition, the study revealed that after being informed of the harmful effects of alcohol on the health of the mother and the fetus, 73% of the respondents have positive attitudes towards alcohol withdrawal while 27% negative attitudes.

At the end of this study entitled « Survey of motivational factors for the consumption of alcoholic beverages by young people aged 18 to 35: Case of the city of Gemena » from 2020-2022, the main objective of which was to detect the motives that encourage young people to drink alcohol. We have made assumptions that: 1) Alcohol calms and makes you forget the worry. 2) Alcohol gives pleasure. 3) Alcohol is an appetizer for the meal. 4) Alcohol is a tonic. 5) Alcohol increases sexual desire. In order to collect information from consumers, we used the technique of data collection by the interview guide is that we arrived at 200 consumers as the size of our sample; by the sampling technique; a probabilistic with two degrees in particular: by convenience: which determined the choice of the consumers interviewed in the various districts which cover the city of Gemena; by quota: who distributed the number of consumers by district. After interpreting and discussing our results, the following conclusions are drawn: 1) Alcohol calms and makes you forget the worry: 65% or 130 consumers confirmed our hypothesis. 2) 77.5% or 145 consumers confirmed that alcohol gives pleasure. 3) 60% or 120 say that alcohol is an aperitif for the meal. 4) 56.5% or 177 consumers say that alcohol is a tonic. 5) 94% or 188 consumers said that alcohol increases sexual desire. By all of our results sufficiently proves and confirms our hypotheses.