Drug Consumption and Continuity Patterns, Related to Sex, Age, and Family Income in Health Science Students in Peru
<p id="p1">Drug use is a serious public and social health problem. The objective of this chapter was to identify the sociodemographic profile, prevalence, and continuity patterns in drug consumption, according to sex, age groups, and family income in Health Sciences students in Peru, and to compare...
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| Lenguaje: | inglés |
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IntechOpen
2025
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.intechopen.com/chapters/89783 |
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| Sumario: | <p id="p1">Drug use is a serious public and social health problem. The objective of this chapter was to identify the sociodemographic profile, prevalence, and continuity patterns in drug consumption, according to sex, age groups, and family income in Health Sciences students in Peru, and to compare the data with other Latin American or Spanish universities. The research observed a descriptive, cross-sectional design, and probabilistic, simple random sampling proportional to the size of the population. Drug consumption in the three parameters analyzed showed a higher proportion of users of legal substances, tranquilizers, and marijuana, whose intake was favorable to men, older age groups, and higher family income, while the difference in income, depending on the gender of the student, is statistically significant at the level μ = 0.01, favorable to the male sex: X2 = 18.51, Pr = 0.000. Regarding the continuity pattern “last 30 days/last 12 months”, ecstasy consumption revealed, depending on sex, a greater pattern in women and, exclusively, in older age and high family income groups. Our results show the urgent need to strengthen in the curricula a transversal axis of knowledge to reduce and prevent drug use among future Health Science professionals.</p> |
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| ISBN: | 978-0-85014-507-6 |
| DOI: | 10.5772/intechopen.115576 |