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2220-3206 (online) |
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| Category |
Psychiatry |
| Manuscript Type |
Clinical Practice Study |
| Article Title |
Factors associated with tobacco, alcohol, and other drug use among youth living in West Central Mexico
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| Manuscript Source |
Invited Manuscript |
| All Author List |
Octavio Campollo, Payam Sheikhattari, Cesar Alvarez, Jaime Toro-Guerrero, Hector Sanchez Avila and Fernando A Wagner |
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| Funding Agency and Grant Number |
| Funding Agency |
Grant Number |
| National Council of Science and Technology-Sistema Morelos, CONACYT-SIMORELOS |
19980302013 |
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| Corresponding Author |
Octavio Campollo, MD, MSc, PhD, Doctor, Full Professor, Center of Studies on Alcohol and Addictions, Antiguo Hospital Civil de Guadalajara, Department of Medical Clinics, Universidad de Guadalajara, Calle Hospital 278, Col. El Retiro, Guadalajara 44280, Jalisco, Mexico. renaceboy@hotmail.com |
| Key Words |
Tobacco; Alcohol; Marijuana; Illegal drugs; Mexico; Students; Epidemiology |
| Core Tip |
Drug and substance use is a public health problem around the world. Prevention efforts are carried out with varying results. One of the main targets in prevention is the risk factors associated with drug use. There are several instruments to study the risk factors which provide critical information to establish guidelines to control and prevent drug use. We used a well known validated and accepted instrument (drug use screening inventory) to investigate the prevalence and psychosocial factors associated with tobacco, alcohol and drug use in high school students in Mexico. We found higher prevalence of substance use than expected: 44% of the students had smoked tobacco and one in five students was a current smoker while over 40% had history of binge drinking. On the other hand, 6.8% of the students reported having used marijuana, cocaine, or both. Behavioral problems, deviant peer affiliation, and troubled families were independently associated with drug use. These results will help in the application of control and prevention programs among high school students. This is the first survey representative of a West Central state in Mexico: Jalisco which is an important Mexican state because it has a significant drug production and trafficking problem, and on the other hand, it provides a great number of migrants to the United States creating social, cultural and health problems associated with risk behaviors. |
| Publish Date |
2018-03-21 03:05 |
| Citation |
Campollo O, Sheikhattari P, Alvarez C, Toro-Guerrero J, Sanchez Avila H, Wagner FA. Factors associated with tobacco, alcohol, and other drug use among youth living in West Central Mexico. World J Psychiatr 2018; 8(1): 33-42 |
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http://www.wjgnet.com/2220-3206/full/v8/i1/33.htm |
| DOI |
http://dx.doi.org/10.5498/wjp.v8.i1.33 |
