TY - JOUR
T1 - Lifetime inhalant use among alternative high school students in Texas
T2 - Prevalence and characteristics of users
AU - Fleschler, Melissa A.
AU - Tortolero, Susan R.
AU - Baumler, Elizabeth R.
AU - Vernon, Sally W.
AU - Weller, Nancy F.
N1 - Funding Information:
The research was funded by Grant R48/CCR602176-05 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Many thanks to Karyn Popham for her assistance with this manuscript.
PY - 2002
Y1 - 2002
N2 - This cross-sectional study describes the prevalence of lifetime inhalant use and identifies demographic, psychosocial, and other risk behavior characteristics of students reporting lifetime inhalant use. The sample consisted of 354 students attending alternative high schools (dropout prevention/recovery schools) in Texas. The prevalence of lifetime inhalant use was 27.7%. After controlling for potentially confounding factors, students reporting lifetime inhalant use were less likely to be financially supported by their parents/guardians, more likely to use alcohol/tobacco, marijuana, and cocaine, and more likely to carry weapons and consider suicide. Study results may allow school officials, parents, researchers, and health care providers to gain a better understanding of inhalant use among students at risk for dropping out of school, a group which has not been extensively studied by previous researchers.
AB - This cross-sectional study describes the prevalence of lifetime inhalant use and identifies demographic, psychosocial, and other risk behavior characteristics of students reporting lifetime inhalant use. The sample consisted of 354 students attending alternative high schools (dropout prevention/recovery schools) in Texas. The prevalence of lifetime inhalant use was 27.7%. After controlling for potentially confounding factors, students reporting lifetime inhalant use were less likely to be financially supported by their parents/guardians, more likely to use alcohol/tobacco, marijuana, and cocaine, and more likely to carry weapons and consider suicide. Study results may allow school officials, parents, researchers, and health care providers to gain a better understanding of inhalant use among students at risk for dropping out of school, a group which has not been extensively studied by previous researchers.
KW - Adolescents
KW - Alternative schools
KW - Inhalant use
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U2 - 10.1081/ADA-120006737
DO - 10.1081/ADA-120006737
M3 - Article
C2 - 12211361
AN - SCOPUS:0035994176
SN - 0095-2990
VL - 28
SP - 477
EP - 495
JO - American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse
JF - American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse
IS - 3
ER -