Regional Alcohol and Drug Abuse Research Center, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel.
Regional Alcohol and Drug Abuse Research Center, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel.
Complement Ther Med. 2020 Jun;51:102407. doi: 10.1016/j.ctim.2020.102407. Epub 2020 Apr 18.
To assess the relationship between religiosity and medical cannabis (MC) knowledge, attitudes and beliefs among university medical and allied health (i.e., nursing and social work) students.
This study uses data collected from 540 Israeli male and female, Jewish and Bedouin-Arab, religious and secular students. Pearson's chi-squared and Fisher exact tests for categorical variables were used to determine the relationship.
Religious, compared to secular, students reported less personal cannabis use and contact with others who use the substance. Regarding attitudes and beliefs, religious students were more likely to believe cannabis use poses serious physical and mental health risks and were less likely to recommend it for patient treatment. The majority of all students, religious and secular, believed cannabis can be addictive; are not prepared to answer patient/client MC questions; and, have not received formal education about MC. Religiosity was not found related to student knowledge about cannabis and its use for medical conditions.
This study is the first in Israel to examine the relationship between religiosity and student MC knowledge, attitudes and beliefs. Results evidence the relationship that should be used for curriculum development, education and field practice purposes linked to patient care.
评估宗教信仰与大学生医学和相关健康专业（如护理和社会工作）学生对医用大麻（MC）知识、态度和信念的关系。
本研究使用了 540 名以色列男女、犹太人和贝都因人-阿拉伯人、宗教人士和世俗人士学生的数据。使用皮尔逊卡方检验和 Fisher 确切概率法来确定分类变量之间的关系。
与世俗学生相比，宗教学生报告的个人大麻使用和与其他使用者的接触较少。在态度和信念方面，宗教学生更倾向于认为大麻使用会带来严重的身心健康风险，也不太可能推荐其用于患者治疗。大多数学生，包括宗教和世俗学生，都认为大麻可能会上瘾；不准备回答患者/客户关于 MC 的问题；并且，没有接受过医用大麻方面的正规教育。宗教信仰与学生对大麻及其用于医疗状况的了解之间没有发现相关性。
这是以色列首次研究宗教信仰与学生医用大麻知识、态度和信念之间的关系。研究结果证明了这种关系，应该将其用于与患者护理相关的课程开发、教育和实地实践目的。
