title: Inhalant use and risky behavior correlates in a sample of rural middle school students.
abstract: This study found 20.4% of children attending a middle school located in rural Mississippi had used inhalants to "get high", a figure that is much larger than the national average. Many (3.4%) students reported they had used inhalants on 10 or more occasions. Inhalant use was most associated with being younger, ever smoking, riding with a driver who had been drinking, and being involved in a fight. Nearly twice as many younger students reported usage in our sample compared to other studies. Longitudinal studies need to be conducted to investigate whether use of inhalants is a precursor to other risky behaviors, and subsequent progression to alcohol abuse or illicit drug use.
authors.affiliation: University of Georgia, Department of Health Promotion and Behavior, 311 Ramsey Center, Athens, GA 30602, USA. jlm@uga.edu
authors.forename: Jessica Legge
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Muilenburg
authors.forename: William D
authors.initials: WD
authors.lastname: Johnson
mesh_terms: D000269:Adhesives; D000293:Adolescent; D000335:Aerosol Propellants; D000367:Age Factors; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008385:Marijuana Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology; D008922:Mississippi; D012309:Risk-Taking; D012424:Rural Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012737:Sex Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology; D012997:Solvents; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*
chemical_list: D000269:Adhesives; D000335:Aerosol Propellants; D012997:Solvents