Contextual Influences of Substance Abuse Problems among School Children

Knowledge of substance abuse among high school students in Jordan.

OBJECTIVES The purpose a descriptive design was employed using a self-administrated questionnaire to collect the data from 400 high school students. METHODS A multistage, random sample was generated in selecting schools from the educational directorate located in a large urban city located in the north of Jordan. This city district contains 23 public secondary schools and serves 56.8% of the ...

Substance Abuse and Child Maltreatment 1 Substance Abuse among Caregivers of Maltreated Children

Objective: The purpose of this study was to measure the prevalence of substance abuse by in-home caregivers of maltreated children, and to compare the prevalence of selfreported substance abuse to child welfare worker-identified substance abuse. Method: Data from the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being, a national probability sample of children investigated for child maltreatment...

Substance abuse among nurses.

Substance abuse among adolescents.

Women and Substance Abuse Problems

HEALTH ISSUES: Differences exist in the prevalence and physical health impacts of problem substance use among men and women. These differences are also found in the mental health and trauma events related to substance use, barriers to treatment and harm-reduction services and the impact of substance use on pregnancy and parenting. Data from the 2000-2001 Canadian Community Health Survey and Can...