Gender differences for peer influence on drug use among students from one university in Guyana: curriculum implications

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Bridget Ogowewo¹  Samuel Noh¹  Hayley Hamilton¹  Bruna Brands¹  Denise Gastaldo¹  Maria Da Gloria Miotto Wright¹  Francisco Cumsille¹  Akwatu Khenti¹ 

关键词: Gender;    Narcotics;    Students;    Curriculum;    Gênero;    Entorpecentes;    Estudantes;    Currículo;    Gênero;    Narcóticos;    Estudantes;    Curriculum;   

DOI  :  10.1590/0104-07072015001200014

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Drug use in our society seems to be a growing concern. Hence the concern of the ES/CICAD and CAMH to sponsor Multicentric Research projects for which this is one. This study therefore sought to determine gender differences for peer influence on drug use among students from one university in Guyana. A survey was applied to 263 university students selected by a purposive sampling. Mean, percentage, cross-tab, t- test and Spearman correlation were used for data analysis. Drug use by male and female participants was minimal. Gender was not significantly different in the level of peer influence. But it was significantly different in the use of illicit drug and in its association with the relationship between peer influence and drug use. The result of this study had curriculum implications. Based on the sampling technique, it was recommended that a similar study be carried out in a wider community outside of the university.

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