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The PACARDO research project: Youthful drug involvement in Central America and the Dominican Republic
Fecha
2004Registro en:
Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica/Pan American Journal of Public Health, Volumen 15, Issue 6, 2018, Pages 400-416
10204989
10.1590/S1020-49892004000600006
Autor
Dormitzer, Catherine M.
Gonzalez, Gonzalo B.
Penna, Marcel
Bejarano, Julio
Obando, Patricia
Sanchez, Mauricio
Vittetoe, Kenneth
Gutierrez, Ulises
Alfaro, Juan
Meneses, Guillermo
Bolivar Diaz, Jorge
Herrera, Manuel
Hasbun, Julia
Chisman, Anna
Caris, Luis
León C., Paulo C.
Institución
Resumen
Objective. To estimate the occurrence and school-level clustering of drug involvement among school-attending adolescent youths in each of seven countries in Latin America, drawing upon evidence from the PACARDO research project, a multinational collaborative epidemiological research study. Methods. During 1999-2000, anonymous self-administered questionnaires on drug involvement and related behaviors were administered to a cross-sectional, nationally representative sample that included a total of 12 797 students in the following seven countries: Costa Rica (n = 1 702), the Dominican Republic (n = 2 023), El Salvador (n = 1 628), Guatemala (n = 2 530), Honduras (n = 1 752), Nicaragua (n = 1 419), and Panama (n = 1 743). (The PACARDO name concatenates PA for Panamá, CA for Centroamérica, and RDO for República Dominicana). Estimates for exposure opportunity and actual use of alcohol, tobacco, inhalants, marijuana, cocaine (crack/coca paste), amphetamines and methamphetamines, tranquilizers