2014年至2022年挪威青少年吸毒的趋势:社会经济和性别差异
Arnhild Myhr1, Renate K Vesterbekkmo2, Indira Samarawickrema3
1Department of Technology Management, SINTEF Digital, Steinkjer, 7715, Norway. arnhild.myhr@sintef.no.
BMC public health
|September 12, 2024
概括
在挪威,从2014年到2022年,青少年大麻和非法毒品的使用量增加了,特别是在女孩中,大麻使用的社会经济不平等性不断增加. 酒精中毒的情况保持稳定.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 青少年健康 青少年健康
- 药物使用流行病学.
背景情况:
- 青少年吸毒对全球健康构成重大风险.
- 药物使用的早期发作与长期健康后果的增加有关.
- 了解青少年吸毒的趋势和不平等,对于公共卫生干预至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 检查挪威青少年 (年龄15-19岁) 中酒精中毒,大麻使用和其他非法药物使用的全国趋势.
- 分析2014年至2022年期间这些物质使用模式中的社会经济不平等情况.
- 识别性别特异性趋势和不平等的变化.
主要方法:
- 利用来自全国反复横截面调查 (2014-2022) 的数据,涉及415,560名青少年.
- 评估了酒精中毒,大麻和其他非法药物使用的流行趋势.
- 使用不平等斜率指数 (SII) 和相对不平等指数 (RII) 来衡量社会经济差异.
主要成果:
- 酒精中毒的患病率保持稳定;大麻和其他非法毒品的使用在男孩和女孩中增加.
- 男孩使用大麻和非法毒品的比例更高,尽管大麻使用的性别差距缩小了.
- 大麻使用的社会经济不平等在高中女生中扩大,而其他非法药物使用的不平等在男生中减少.
结论:
- 在挪威青少年中,大麻和非法药物使用的增加是一个公共卫生问题.
- 需要进一步的研究来了解这些趋势的原因和影响因素.
- 针对性干预对于解决青少年吸毒行为和相关不平等问题至关重要.
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