Profile of simultaneous poly-substance users of undergraduate students at one university, Kingston - Jamaica

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Autor(a) principal: Harrison,Joy
Data de Publicação: 2012
Outros Autores: Simich,Laura, Strike,Carol, Brands,Bruna, Giesbrecht,Norman, Khenti,Akwatu
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Texto & contexto enfermagem (Online)
Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-07072012000500008
Resumo: This study is part of a multicentric research project involving seven universities in five Latin American countries and one Caribbean island (Jamaica). This cross-sectional study examines the profile of a sample of first and second year undergraduate students in the Medical/Health Science Department of one university in Kingston, Jamaica. The sample size was 295 students. Our results revealed that this pattern of drug use is occurring in this specific university. Alcohol was the most frequently reported substance 27.5%, followed by cannabis 6.1% and tobacco 4.7%. Report of polydrug consumption was low for all categories studied. Our findings may inform interventions at the university level.
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Profile of simultaneous poly-substance users of undergraduate students at one university, Kingston - Jamaica
title Profile of simultaneous poly-substance users of undergraduate students at one university, Kingston - Jamaica
spellingShingle Profile of simultaneous poly-substance users of undergraduate students at one university, Kingston - Jamaica
Harrison,Joy
Students
Street drugs
Behaviour addictive
Substance-related disorders
Risk factors
title_short Profile of simultaneous poly-substance users of undergraduate students at one university, Kingston - Jamaica
title_full Profile of simultaneous poly-substance users of undergraduate students at one university, Kingston - Jamaica
title_fullStr Profile of simultaneous poly-substance users of undergraduate students at one university, Kingston - Jamaica
title_full_unstemmed Profile of simultaneous poly-substance users of undergraduate students at one university, Kingston - Jamaica
title_sort Profile of simultaneous poly-substance users of undergraduate students at one university, Kingston - Jamaica
author Harrison,Joy
author_facet Harrison,Joy
Simich,Laura
Strike,Carol
Brands,Bruna
Giesbrecht,Norman
Khenti,Akwatu
author_role author
author2 Simich,Laura
Strike,Carol
Brands,Bruna
Giesbrecht,Norman
Khenti,Akwatu
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Harrison,Joy
Simich,Laura
Strike,Carol
Brands,Bruna
Giesbrecht,Norman
Khenti,Akwatu
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Students
Street drugs
Behaviour addictive
Substance-related disorders
Risk factors
topic Students
Street drugs
Behaviour addictive
Substance-related disorders
Risk factors
description This study is part of a multicentric research project involving seven universities in five Latin American countries and one Caribbean island (Jamaica). This cross-sectional study examines the profile of a sample of first and second year undergraduate students in the Medical/Health Science Department of one university in Kingston, Jamaica. The sample size was 295 students. Our results revealed that this pattern of drug use is occurring in this specific university. Alcohol was the most frequently reported substance 27.5%, followed by cannabis 6.1% and tobacco 4.7%. Report of polydrug consumption was low for all categories studied. Our findings may inform interventions at the university level.
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