Is there a crack epidemic among students in Brazil?: comments on media and public health issues

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Autor(a) principal: Nappo,Solange Aparecida
Data de Publicação: 2012
Outros Autores: Sanchez,Zila M., Ribeiro,Luciana Abeid
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Cadernos de Saúde Pública
Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-311X2012000900004
Resumo: In the past year, the Brazilian Federal Government and society have reported and acted on a crack use epidemic, which has been exacerbated by the media. This study hypothesized that crack use has not increased at the rate suggested by the Brazilian media. A cross-sectional survey was carried out in 2010 usinga multistage probabilistic representative sample of Brazilian middle and high school students in the country's 27 state capitals. A total of 50,890 valid questionnaires were weighted, analyzed and results compared to the 2004 national school survey dataset. Considering lifetime and past year crack use, no change in consumption was found between 2004 and 2010. Official data in Brazil on middle and high school students does not support the assertion of a crack epidemic widely publicized by the media. Government measures to treat and prevent crack use are encouraged; however, the term epidemic has been inappropriately used to represent the static prevalence of crack consumption among students.
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spelling Is there a crack epidemic among students in Brazil?: comments on media and public health issuesCrack CocaineDrug AbuseStudentsIn the past year, the Brazilian Federal Government and society have reported and acted on a crack use epidemic, which has been exacerbated by the media. This study hypothesized that crack use has not increased at the rate suggested by the Brazilian media. A cross-sectional survey was carried out in 2010 usinga multistage probabilistic representative sample of Brazilian middle and high school students in the country's 27 state capitals. A total of 50,890 valid questionnaires were weighted, analyzed and results compared to the 2004 national school survey dataset. Considering lifetime and past year crack use, no change in consumption was found between 2004 and 2010. Official data in Brazil on middle and high school students does not support the assertion of a crack epidemic widely publicized by the media. Government measures to treat and prevent crack use are encouraged; however, the term epidemic has been inappropriately used to represent the static prevalence of crack consumption among students.Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sergio Arouca, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz2012-09-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontext/htmlhttp://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-311X2012000900004Cadernos de Saúde Pública v.28 n.9 2012reponame:Cadernos de Saúde Públicainstname:Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ)instacron:FIOCRUZ10.1590/S0102-311X2012000900004info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessNappo,Solange AparecidaSanchez,Zila M.Ribeiro,Luciana Abeideng2012-09-25T00:00:00Zoai:scielo:S0102-311X2012000900004Revistahttp://cadernos.ensp.fiocruz.br/csp/https://old.scielo.br/oai/scielo-oai.phpcadernos@ensp.fiocruz.br||cadernos@ensp.fiocruz.br1678-44640102-311Xopendoar:2012-09-25T00:00Cadernos de Saúde Pública - Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ)false
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Is there a crack epidemic among students in Brazil?: comments on media and public health issues
title Is there a crack epidemic among students in Brazil?: comments on media and public health issues
spellingShingle Is there a crack epidemic among students in Brazil?: comments on media and public health issues
Nappo,Solange Aparecida
Crack Cocaine
Drug Abuse
Students
title_short Is there a crack epidemic among students in Brazil?: comments on media and public health issues
title_full Is there a crack epidemic among students in Brazil?: comments on media and public health issues
title_fullStr Is there a crack epidemic among students in Brazil?: comments on media and public health issues
title_full_unstemmed Is there a crack epidemic among students in Brazil?: comments on media and public health issues
title_sort Is there a crack epidemic among students in Brazil?: comments on media and public health issues
author Nappo,Solange Aparecida
author_facet Nappo,Solange Aparecida
Sanchez,Zila M.
Ribeiro,Luciana Abeid
author_role author
author2 Sanchez,Zila M.
Ribeiro,Luciana Abeid
author2_role author
author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Nappo,Solange Aparecida
Sanchez,Zila M.
Ribeiro,Luciana Abeid
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Crack Cocaine
Drug Abuse
Students
topic Crack Cocaine
Drug Abuse
Students
description In the past year, the Brazilian Federal Government and society have reported and acted on a crack use epidemic, which has been exacerbated by the media. This study hypothesized that crack use has not increased at the rate suggested by the Brazilian media. A cross-sectional survey was carried out in 2010 usinga multistage probabilistic representative sample of Brazilian middle and high school students in the country's 27 state capitals. A total of 50,890 valid questionnaires were weighted, analyzed and results compared to the 2004 national school survey dataset. Considering lifetime and past year crack use, no change in consumption was found between 2004 and 2010. Official data in Brazil on middle and high school students does not support the assertion of a crack epidemic widely publicized by the media. Government measures to treat and prevent crack use are encouraged; however, the term epidemic has been inappropriately used to represent the static prevalence of crack consumption among students.
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