2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
The monitoringof drug abuse among youth and its dataarchive
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21300244
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Applied health science
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| Research Institution | Gifu Pharmaceutical University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
KITHO Hideaki 兵庫教育大学, 学校教育研究科, 教授 (90161512)
NISHIOKA Nobuki 兵庫教育大学, 学校教育研究科, 教授 (90198432)
MIYOSHI Yoshihiro 岐阜大学, 医学部看護学科, 准教授 (00452508)
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| Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha) |
WADA Kiyoshi 精神保健研究所, 薬物依存研究部, 部長 (70220952)
YOSHIMOTO Sachiko 鳴門教育大学, 学校教育研究科, 教授 (00098550)
OZAKI Yoneatsu 鳥取大学, 医学部, 准教授 (10325003)
NAGAI Junko 福山平成大学, 福祉健康学部子ども学科, 教授 (10461310)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2009 – 2012
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| Keywords | 喫煙・薬物乱用防止教育 |
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| Research Abstract |
Substance use by young people has proven to be a rapidly changing phenomenon, requiring frequent assessment and reassessments. In this study, we had conducted nationwide epidemiologic surveys in Japan, Korea and Vietnam to monitor substance use by Asian young people. We had archived the data Summary of key findings is as follows: (1) Cigarette and alcohol showing consistent declines in use among young people in Japan between 2004 and 2009 . Lifetime prevalence rate of smoking anddrinking in 2009 were 13.1% and 56.7%, respectively. (2) Illicit drugs also decline in use among Japanese youth. The lifetime prevalence rates of Illicit drugs use in 2009 were 1.1% in males and 0.6% in females, respectively. (3) The prevalence rates illicit drugs use among Asian youth were significantly low compared with those of the USA and European countries. (4) Almost all Japanese youth had understood the risk of substance use and had disapproval attitude against substance use.
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Research Products
(11 results)
