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

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Joy Harrison²  Laura Simich¹  Carol Strike¹  Bruna Brands¹  Norman Giesbrecht¹  Akwatu Khenti¹ 

[1] ,University of the West Indies Department of Medical Sciences (Community Health and Psychiatry) Kingston,Jamaica

关键词: Students;    Street drugs;    Behaviour addictive;    Substance-related disorders;    Risk factors;    Estudiantes;    Drogas ilícitas;    Conducta adictiva;    Transtornos relacionados com substancias;    Factores de riesgo;    Estudantes;    Drogas ilícitas;    Comportamento aditivo;    Transtornos relacionados ao uso de substancias;    Fatores de risco;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0104-07072012000500008

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

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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