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Screening for "substance abuse" among school-based youth in Mexico using the problem oriented screening instrument (POSIT) for teenagers
(Répertorier l'usage de substances psychoactives chez les jeunes mexicains fréquentant le milieu scolaire à l'aide du questionnaire POSIT - Problem Oriented Screening Instrument for Teenagers)
Auteur(s) :
LATIMER, W. W. ;
O'BRIEN, M. S. ;
MAC DOUALL, J. ;
TOUSSOVA O. ;
FLOYD L. J. ;
VAZQUEZ M.
Année
2004
Page(s) :
307-329
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
32
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Discipline :
EPI (Epidémiologie / Epidemiology)
Thésaurus géographique
MEXIQUE
Thésaurus mots-clés
EPIDEMIOLOGIE DESCRIPTIVE
;
CONSOMMATION
;
ADOLESCENT
;
MILIEU SCOLAIRE
;
QUESTIONNAIRE
;
ENSEIGNEMENT SECONDAIRE
;
CLASSIFICATION
;
EFFICACITE
;
DEPISTAGE
Note générale :
Substance Use and Misuse, 2004, 39, (2), 307-329
Note de contenu :
tabl.
Résumé :
ENGLISH :
Indices of classification accuracy of the Substance Use/Abuse scale of a Spanish-language version of the Problem Oriented Screening Instrument for Teenagers (POSIT) were evaluated among school-based youth in Mexico. Participants were 1203 youth attending one middle school (N= 619) and one high school (N= 584) in the third largest city of Coahuila, a northern border state in Mexico in May 1998. More than 94% of youth enrolled in the participating middle school and 89% of youth enrolled in the participating high school completed the International Longitudinal Survey of Adolescent Health. Indices of classification accuracy of the POSIT Substance Use/Abuse scale were evaluated against a "drug abuse" problem severity criterion that combined youth meeting DSM-IV criteria for alcohol abuse/dependence disorders with youth having used other illicit drugs five or more times in their lifetime. The present study findings suggest that using a cut score of one or two on the POSIT Substance Use/Abuse scale generally yields optimal classification accuracy indices that vary somewhat by gender and school subgroups. Further, classification accuracy indices of the POSIT Substance Use/Abuse scale are slightly better when used among high school males due, in part, to the higher base rate of serious involvement among this group compared to others. (Editor's abstract.)
Affiliation :
Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland ; wlatimerjhsph.edu
Etats-Unis. United States.
Etats-Unis. United States.