Prevalence and Correlates of Youth Drug Abuse in Egypt

埃及青少年药物滥用的流行率及相关性

基本信息

批准号：
8247149
负责人：
Christopher A Loffredo
金额：
$ 39.85万
依托单位：
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2010
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2010-05-01 至 2014-03-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8247149
关键词：
18 year old AIDS/HIV problem Acceleration Address Adolescent Age Alcohol or Other Drugs use Area Behavior Bioethics Biometry Collaborations Communities Country Data Developing Countries Drug Addiction Drug Controls Drug abuse Drug usage Educational workshop Egypt Epidemiology Etiology Evaluation Research Face Female Focus Groups Future Goals Health Health Policy Healthcare Human Resources Injection of therapeutic agent International Interview Knowledge Light Medical Research Methods NIH Program Announcements Pharmaceutical Preparations Phase Population Population Characteristics Prevalence Prevention Public Health Recruitment Activity Research Research Activity Research Design Research Infrastructure Research Methodology Research Personnel Research Priority Resources Respondent Risk Risk Factors Sampling Schools Social Policies Substance abuse problem Survey Methodology Surveys Text Tobacco Tobacco smoking Training Training and Infrastructure United States Woman Work World Health Organization Youth addiction adolescent drug abuse adolescent substance use behavioral/social science design drug abuser early onset hookah insight male population health public health priorities public health relevance response rural area social socioeconomics substance abuse prevention tobacco control tobacco prevention urban area

项目摘要

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): We propose to conduct this International Research Collaboration on Drug Addiction (in response to PA-07-275) to address the growing public health threat from substance abuse in Egypt, where resources for healthcare in general, and for addiction control and research in particular (including both tobacco and other drugs of addiction), are severely lacking. Using a participatory, mixed methods research design, we will conduct both quantitative and qualitative surveys. We will recruit nationally representative samples of youths 10-18 years old, including those attending school (N=10,800) and those not attending school (N=540), from the three regions of Egypt (Upper Egypt, Lower Egypt, and Cairo). We will also conduct in-depth qualitative interviews and focus groups with youth in this same age range, to discern further details of their tobacco and other drug use behaviors, and of the correlates of their use, including the risks and protective factors. The specific aims of the study are as follows. Aim 1: To conduct an in-depth qualitative study of the tobacco and other drug use behaviors of youths and of the correlates of use, including the situational and environmental protective and risk factors. The results of this aim will shed light on the etiologies of drug use among Egyptian youth, and support the design of the quantitative survey instrument. Aim 2: To conduct a large-scale Prevalence Survey to assess substance use and abuse behaviors in youths and to discern correlates of use; respondents will include both males and females nationally representative of urban and rural areas in the three regions of Egypt (Upper Egypt, Lower Egypt, and Cairo). We will survey both in-school and out-of-school youth populations. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: We propose to conduct a collaborative study on youth tobacco and other drug addiction, in Egypt, where substance abuse is increasing and where we have previously established substantial infrastructure for social and medical research. We will conduct a national survey of 12-18 year old subjects, both in school and out-of-school, and gather data on their substance abuse behaviors. Both qualitative and quantitative survey methods will be used to gain insights on the prevalence and the risk and protective factors of tobacco and other substance use by youths. Such information is needed for future prevention and control efforts.

描述（由申请人提供）：我们建议进行这项国际药物成瘾研究合作（响应PA-07-275），以解决埃及滥用药物滥用的公共卫生威胁，在那里，医疗保健的资源一般，尤其是对成瘾和研究的资源（包括托巴科和其他成瘾药物），都严重缺乏。使用参与性的混合方法研究设计，我们将进行定量和定性调查。我们将从埃及的三个地区（上埃及，下埃及和开罗）招募10-18岁年轻人的全国代表性样本，包括上学的年轻人（n = 10,800）和未上学的年轻人（n = 10,800）（n = 540）。我们还将进行深入的定性访谈，并与年龄在同一年龄范围内的年轻人进行焦点小组，以辨别其烟草和其他吸毒行为的进一步细节，以及其使用的相关性，包括风险和保护因素。该研究的具体目的如下。目标1：对青年的烟草和其他药物使用行为以及使用相关性进行深入的定性研究，包括情境和环境保护和危险因素。该目标的结果将阐明埃及青年的药物使用病因，并支持定量调查工具的设计。目标2：进行大规模的患病率调查，以评估年轻人中的物质使用和滥用行为并辨别使用的相关性；受访者将包括埃及三个地区（上埃及，下埃及和开罗）的全国城市和农村地区的男性和女性。我们将调查校内和校外青年人口。公共卫生相关性：我们建议在埃及进行一项关于青少年烟草和其他药物成瘾的合作研究，在埃及，滥用药物正在增加，我们以前已经建立了大量的社会和医学研究基础设施。我们将对学校和校外的12-18岁受试者进行全国调查，并收集有关其滥用毒品行为的数据。定性调查方法和定量调查方法都将用于获得有关烟草的患病率，风险和保护因素以及青年使用其他物质使用的风险和保护因素。未来的预防和控制工作需要此类信息。