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Drug and alcohol use among the Bedouin of the Negev: Prevalence and psychosocial correlates
- Source :
- Addictive Behaviors. 33:143-151
- Publication Year :
- 2008
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2008.
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Abstract
- The primary aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of drug and alcohol use among the Bedouin of the Negev. A representative sample of 821 adults and 440 adolescents were surveyed using the Arabic version of the Israeli National Epidemiological Questionnaire. Almost 14% of adult Bedouins used alcohol and 11.1% used illicit drugs during the past year, with rates higher among individuals living in government settlements than those living in unrecognized traditional villages. Among adolescents, 21.9% used alcohol and 20.4% used drugs over the past year, with rates higher for high school students than for school attritters. Drug use was positively associated with being male, having a tolerant attitude toward drug use, the perception that drugs were not dangerous, being secular, low family cohesion and either low or high family adaptability. These data suggest that drug use is prevalent among the Bedouin of the Negev, particularly among adolescents, who report using drugs such as narcotics, cocaine, and hallucinogens at rates 3 to 8 times greater than Israeli Jewish secular students. School-based and family-based prevention and treatment programs may be most effective for this population.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Adolescent
Alcohol Drinking
Substance-Related Disorders
Population
Medicine (miscellaneous)
Poison control
Toxicology
Suicide prevention
Occupational safety and health
Surveys and Questionnaires
Environmental health
Epidemiology
Injury prevention
Prevalence
medicine
Humans
Israel
education
education.field_of_study
business.industry
Age Factors
Human factors and ergonomics
Arabs
Psychiatry and Mental health
Clinical Psychology
Female
business
Psychosocial
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 03064603
- Volume :
- 33
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Addictive Behaviors
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....db4af46001a3765ba534c7ed930c7c16