Use of alcohol, tobacco and non prescription drugs among Jamaican high school students
West Indian med. j
; 46(4): 111-4, Dec. 1997.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MedCarib
| ID: med-1942
Biblioteca responsável:
JM3.1
Localização: JM3.1; R18.W4
ABSTRACT
The prevalence of alcohol, tobacco and non-prescription drugs was investigated among 2417 Jamaican high school students (1063 boys, 1354 girls). 1317 were grade 10 (form four or 16 years old) and 1100 were grade 11 (form five or 17 years old) 1072 and 1345 were from rural and urban schools, respectively; and 1126 and 1291 were children of professionals and non-professionals, respectively. The prevalence of alcohol and tobacoo use was 50.2 percent and 16.6 percent, respectively; and there was a high level of non-prescription drug use paracetamol (85.7 percent), aspirin (76.7 percent), multivitmains (41.9 percent) and bismuth (29.9 percent). Drugs use among males, urban students, and children of professionals was higher than among females, rural students and children of non-professionals.(AU)
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Coleções:
Bases de dados internacionais
Contexto em Saúde:
ODS3 - Saúde e Bem-Estar
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ODS3 - Meta 3.5 Prevenção e tratamento do consumo de substâncias psicoativas
Problema de saúde:
Meta 3.5 Prevenção e tratamento do consumo de substâncias psicoativas
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Álcool
Base de dados:
MedCarib
Assunto principal:
Tabagismo
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Consumo de Bebidas Alcoólicas
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Medicamentos sem Prescrição
Tipo de estudo:
Fatores de risco
Limite:
Adolescente
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Feminino
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Humanos
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Masculino
País/Região como assunto:
Caribe Inglês
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Jamaica
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
West Indian med. j
Ano de publicação:
1997
Tipo de documento:
Artigo