Warren Jacob C, Smalley K Bryant, Barefoot K Nikki
Center for Rural Health and Health Disparities; Mercer University; Macon, GA, USA.
Department of Community Medicine; Mercer University; Macon, GA, USA.
J Child Adolesc Subst Abuse. 2017;26(1):60-65. doi: 10.1080/1067828X.2016.1210550. Epub 2016 Aug 24.
The use of addictive substances by adolescents is a major public health concern; however, rural vs. urban variations are poorly understood. The purpose of the current study was to examine rural-urban differences in the prevalence of recent use of 11 substances in grades 6-12 in a statewide sample of students from the Georgia Student Health Survey II (n = 513,909). We found that rural-urban differences in substance use depend largely upon grade level, with rural middle school students demonstrating higher rates of alcohol, smoking tobacco, and chewing tobacco use, and urban high school students demonstrating higher rates of illicit drugs.
青少年使用成瘾性物质是一个重大的公共卫生问题；然而，城乡差异却鲜为人知。本研究的目的是在佐治亚州学生健康调查II的全州学生样本（n = 513,909）中，研究6至12年级学生近期使用11种物质的流行率的城乡差异。我们发现，物质使用的城乡差异在很大程度上取决于年级水平，农村中学生的酒精、吸烟和嚼烟使用率较高，而城市高中生的非法药物使用率较高。
