title: [Use of narcotics by school children in Greenland. A nation-wide study of habits of school children concerning narcotics].
abstract: An attempt was made to describe the extent to which school pupils employ the intoxicants: tobacco, alcohol, hash and sniffing. The prophylactic committee, PAARISA, issues informative campaigns about intoxicants, the effects of which are assessed by means of investigations such as this. An anonymous questionnaire was employed. This was sent to 18 towns and seven villages distributed over all of Greenland. The questionnaire contained questions about social background, smoking habits, alcohol habits, sniffing and smoking of marihuana. The questionnaire was completed by the pupils in the schools under confidential conditions and was then returned to the author. The investigation was carried out during the period from 15.10. 1990- 15.11. 1990. All of the towns and the largest villages in all Greenland participated. The investigation was established on the initiative of the author in cooperation with PAARISA. A total of 1,934 school pupils aged from 12 to 19 years replied to the questionnaire. The percentage of replies was 88 of these questioned. Out of 1,557 pupils who spoke Greenlandic, 774 were boys and 783 girls. Out of 377 pupils who spoke Danish, 208 were boys and 169 girls. 26% of the Danish-speaking boys and 45% of the Greenlandic-speaking boys smoke, while 39% of the Danish-speaking girls and 61% of the Greenlandic-speaking girls smoke. Three quarters of the oldest age group smoke. Girls smoke more frequently than boys. 71% smoke more than three cigarettes daily. 87% of the Danish-speaking and 63% of the Greenlandic-speaking pupils had tried drinking alcohol.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Distriktssygehuset i Ilulissat/Jakobshavn.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Pedersen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006116:Greenland / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008385:Marijuana Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012574:Schools; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
vernacular_title: Skoleelevers brug af rusmidler i Grønland. En landsdoekkende undersøgelse af skoleelevers rusmiddelvaner.