Substance Use among Young People Living in Residential State Care

Autor/inn/en	McCrystal, Patrick; Percy, Andrew; Higgins, Kathryn
Titel	Substance Use among Young People Living in Residential State Care
Quelle	In: Child Care in Practice, 14 (2008) 2, S.181-192 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1357-5279
Schlagwörter	Residential Care; Research Design; Marijuana; Prevention; Drinking; Smoking; Inhalants; Substance Abuse; Adolescents; Comparative Analysis; Questionnaires; Statistical Analysis; United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Forschungsdesign; Prävention; Vorbeugung; Trinken; Rauchen; Drug use; Drug consomption; Drogenkonsum; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Fragebogen; Statistische Analyse
Abstract	Existing empirical evidence on substance use among young people living in residential state care during adolescence is comparatively limited. This paper reports on substance use trends of young people living in residential state care during three annual data-sweeps when aged 14, 15 and 16 years. A repeated cross-sectional research design was utilised in the research. The findings suggest some similarities for lifetime prevalence rates for tobacco and alcohol use for those living in residential state care with a group of same-age young people not living in residential state care who participated in the research. However, solvent abuse and cannabis use was higher among those living in care. More frequent substance use was reported by the residential care sample for all substances at each stage of the study. These findings suggest that young people living in state care continue to merit higher levels of vigilance from researchers and policy-makers in order to fully understand this behaviour and develop appropriate prevention initiatives to meet their needs regarding potential drug problems. (Contains 4 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10