The 2000 Survey of Drug UseAmong Students.ppt

The 2000 Survey of Drug Use Among Students Table of content Background I. Admitting Monitoring the problem II. Age and Drug use - early prevention III. Settings of drug use - curiosity, friends, money, sex IV. Perceptions Attitudes V. Social context - conducive to drug use ? VI. Type of substance use VII. Gateway substances VIII. Adequate Quitting Programs ? IX. A potential screening instrument X. Recommendations Background 95,788 students surveyed Respond rate 72% Chinese speaking secondary schools 87.3% 8% International schools 91.2% 20% IVE 67.3% Fieldwork: October 20, 2000 to March 8, 2001 Anonymous, structured questionnaire (comparable to previous studies) Two-stage stratified cluster sampling method (by ACAN) Objectives To obtain information about the drug use pattern of students in Hong Kong To access these students’ knowledge and attitudes towards drug use To find out students’ exposure to the risk of drug use To study the reason why students use drugs To identify drug use related factors: demographic, family, attitudinal, behavioral and school I. Admitting Monitoring the problem School type School type School type ~ Prevalence (Ever-users) School type ~ Prevalence (Current users) II. Age and Drug use- early prevention Prevalence of “substance users” by age Age of first use of different drugs (ever users) : ≦ 12 Prevalence of using psychotropic substance use for different age groups Prevalence of using psychotropic substance by employment status Many users start using drugs between age 15 – 18, especially among school leavers III. Settings of drug use - curiosity, friends, money, sex IV. Perceptions Attitudes V. Social context- conducive to drug use ? Social context - Family 5% had one or both parents passed away 12.4% not living with both parents Communication and appreciation are lacking About 50%-60% found their situation: similar to – ‘parents do not understand their children’ dissimilar to – ‘parents want to