检查公共卫生单位支出与青少年吸毒之间的关联
Urvi Rai1, Karen A Patte2, Brendan T Smith3,4
1School of Public Health, University of Alberta, 11405 87 Ave NW, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 1C9, Canada.
Heliyon
|January 15, 2025
概括
在安大略省,公共卫生支出增加与青少年饮酒和吸烟增加有关,但电子烟使用减少. 需要进一步的研究来理解这些复杂的关联.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 卫生经济学 卫生经济学
- 青少年健康 青少年健康
背景情况:
- 社会经济政策对人口健康状况产生重大影响.
- 公共卫生部门 (PHU) 的支出决策与健康结果有关,此前的研究显示出混合的结果.
- 了解PHU支出与青少年吸毒之间的关系至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查加拿大青少年的人均公共卫生单位支出与自我报告的物质使用之间的联系.
- 分析公共卫生方面的金融投资如何影响青少年的健康行为.
主要方法:
- 使用COMPASS研究 (第7波,2018/19年) 的数据进行横截面,多层次的建模.
- 包括来自15个安大略省PHU的61所中学的29056名学生 (9-12年级).
- 药物使用量通过自我报告的每月酒精,大麻,香烟和电子烟使用量来衡量.
主要成果:
- PHU支出的最高四分位数与青少年的酒精使用增加相关 (AOR: 1.41) 和暴饮暴饮 (AOR: 1.71).
- 与最低四分位数相比,更高的支出也与增加的香烟使用有关 (AOR:2.19),但电子烟使用减少 (AOR:0.74).
- 人均支出差异很大,人均支出从54.07美元到224.95美元,中位数为89.62美元.
结论:
- 公共卫生支出与青少年吸毒模式存在复杂的关联.
- 研究结果表明,增加支出可能与积极和消极的行为结果有关.
- 建议进行进一步的前性研究,以阐明相关的因果途径和机制.
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