The aim of this study was to understand the perception of families about the actions developed by them in the search for social reintegration of their crack addict relative. This is a qualitative study conducted with 10 family members of crack-addicted individuals who were hospitalized in a detoxificatio...
The research aimed to clarify the relationships between spirituality, gender, and drug use among undergraduate students of one university in Barbados. A quota sample of 250 students was required from the Faculty of Social Sciences as the study was part of a larger multi-centric study involving students f...
This study seeks to illuminate the relationship between family relations, peer influence, spirituality and drug use among students in one university in Kingston, Jamaica. A cross-sectional survey design was employed to collect quantitative data from 335 undergraduate university students, using self-repor...
Rodríguez, Marlon Osman Meléndez;
Mann, Robert;
Hamilton, Hayley;
Erickson, Pat;
Brands, Bruna;
Giesbrecht, Norman;
Castillo, Ever Téllez;
Gutiérrez, Luis Zambrana;
Wright, Maria da Gloria Miotto;
Cumsille, Francisco;
Sapag, Jaime;
Khenti, Akwatu.
Las drogas ilícitas junto con el abuso sexual durante la infancia son responsables de una considerable morbilidad en el mundo. Los resultados del presente estudio muestran que el abuso sexual fue reportada por el 8.9% [IC95% (6.1%, 11.8%)] de los encuestados. La prevalencia del consumo de drogas ilícit...
Morera, Jaime Alonso Caravaca;
Parada, Aydee Rivera de;
Ogowewo, Bridgt;
Gough, Howard;
Alava, Maria Magaly Scott;
Zeferino, Maria Terezinha;
Jules, Mia;
Mitchell, Rashalee;
Sarmiento, Rolando Salazar;
Barbosa-Branco, Anadergh;
Khenti, Akwatu.
This study is a multi-centric investigation on the role of family relations, spirituality and entertainment in moderating the relationship between peer influence and drug use (licit and illicit) among students from eight universities from five countries in Latin-America and three from the Caribbean. The ...
pesquisa quantitativa, descritiva e exploratória, com desenho transversal que investigou o papel da família, da espiritualidade e do entretenimento em moderar a relação da influência dos pares sobre o consumo de drogas entre estudantes universitários. A amostra foi composta por 250 estudantes de um...
The high prevalence of substance abuse in Jamaica, highlights the need to understand the drivers of substance abuse. Experiencing psychological maltreatment (emotional abuse and neglect) during childhood has been suggested to be a risk factor for substance abuse. This study investigates the relationship ...
Investigación cuantitativa de tipo descriptiva-exploratoria, con diseño transversal que examinó el efecto moderador de ciertos factores socio-culturales en el consumo de drogas entre estudiantes universitarios en San José, Costa Rica. La muestra fue conformada por 126 mujeres y 124 hombres de una uni...
Gonzalez, Yolanda;
Mann, Robert;
Hamilton, Hayley;
Erickson, Patricia;
Sapag, Jaime;
Brands, Bruna;
Strike, Carol;
Simich, Laura;
Giesbrecht, Norman;
Wright, Maria da Gloria Miotto;
Cumsille, Francisco;
Khenti, Akwatu.
Panamá, país de tránsito para productores y consumidores de drogas, generando economía emergente, cultura de violencia y maltrato en la familia y comunidad, siendo niños y adolescentes vulnerables al uso y abuso de drogas por exposición prolongada al maltrato. Se determina independencia o relación...
This study aimed to identify the social perception regarding public policies for confronting the use of drugs of abuse in a community with high indicators of drug-related violence. This is descriptive and transversal research, undertaken in a community in the Northwest of Paraná, using a structured ques...
