Prevalence Of Cigarette, Alcohol And Substance Use In Students Of Forestry Faculty Of Düzce University And Causes To Start To Use Them

Autor: Atilla Senih MAYDA; Çağdaş Gökçe GERÇEK; Gözde GÜMÜŞ; Sema DEMİR, Mustafa DENİZ; Zeynep Pelin SÜRÜCÜ; Mesut KONUK; Mehmet TÜRKMAYA; Heval TANER
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2010
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Zdroj: Düzce Tıp Fakültesi Dergisi, Vol 12, Iss 3, Pp 7-14 (2010)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1307-671X
Popis: Purpose: Purpose of this study is to determine the prevalence of cigarette, alcohol and substanceuse in students of Forestry Faculty of Düzce University and causes of students to start to usethem. Methods: Population of the study is 489 students of Forestry Faculty. The questionnaire of thestudy includes 24 questions about socio-demographic characteristics, 8 about smoking, 6 aboutalcohol and 7 about substance use. Results: Questionnaire applied 398 of 489 (81.4%) students. The prevalence of smoking wasfound 41.6%, alcohol use 40.3% and substance use 9.3%. The causes of begin to use alcoholand substance were determined as; the effects of social environment, affectation from othersand curiosity.Conclusion: The prevalence of smoking, alcohol and substance use in university students andthe causes of students to start to use these substances have to be determined to prevent.
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