[Perceived norms among university students about their peers and drug use at a Chilean university].
| Autor: | Ramirez Castillo J; Departamento de Enfermería, Universidad de Concepción, Chile. jramirez@udev.cl, Cunningham J, Brands B, Strike C, Wright Mda G |
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| Jazyk: | Spanish; Castilian |
| Zdroj: | Revista latino-americana de enfermagem [Rev Lat Am Enfermagem] 2009 Nov-Dec; Vol. 17 Spec No, pp. 907-12. |
| DOI: | 10.1590/s0104-11692009000700023 |
| Abstrakt: | Unlabelled: This study analyzes the relationship between perceived norms about drug use among peers and actual use among university students. This is a qualitative, multicenter study involving sophomore and junior students of the health courses of a Chilean university. Participants were 286 (75.2%) of the total 380 university students. Results: more than 50% of the students notice that their peers smoke cigarettes on a daily basis, drink alcohol three times a week, and use marijuana once a week and cocaine at least once a year. The university campus it place of highest drug use; cocaine is used at a friend's house. Among students, 68% have smoked once in their life, 57% smoke on a daily basis; 88% have had alcohol once in their life; 26% used marijuana once in their life, 16% used marijuana over the last 12 months. Students do not know about any university policies for drug use. Some results confirm that drug use is underestimated. |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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