Alcohol, tobacco, and other psychoactive drug use among high school students in Bogota, Colombia.
This descriptive study identified health behaviors practiced by 10th-grade students enrolled in public schools in Bogotá, Colombia. A modified version of the Youth Risk Behavior Survey assessed the health-related behaviors of 1,730 students. In this paper data for tobacco, alcohol, and psychoactive substances use are discussed. A one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used to determine statistical significance among selected behavioral risk areas and the independent variables that were nominally scaled. Data from the study revealed a high use of gateway substances (tobacco and alcohol) among high school students in Bogotá, but lower usage, when compared to US students, of other mind-altering substance such as marijuana, inhalants, and cocaine.
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Dept. of Health Science, California State University, Fresno, 2345 E. San Ramon Ave., M/S 30, Fresno, CA 93740, USA. mperez@csufresno.edu
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D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D000328:Adult; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000453:epidemiology*; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D003105:Colombia / Q000453:epidemiology; D003625:Data Collection; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008385:Marijuana Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs; D012574:Schools; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013334:Students / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*
D011619:Psychotropic Drugs