Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Changes in substance use among adolescents before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in Guatemala |
| Authors: |
Jose Monzon, Joaquin Barnoya, Sophia Mus, Gustavo Davila, Desirée Vidaña-Pérez, James F. Thrasher |
| Source: |
Frontiers in Psychiatry, Vol 15 (2024) |
| Publisher Information: |
Frontiers Media S.A., 2024. |
| Publication Year: |
2024 |
| Collection: |
LCC:Psychiatry |
| Subject Terms: |
COVID-19, lockdown, smoking, adolescents, substance use, Psychiatry, RC435-571 |
| More Details: |
ObjectivesDue to the COVID-19 pandemic, on March 16th, schools had to be closed in Guatemala and went to online teaching. We sought to analyze the change in substance use among high school students in Guatemala associated with the lockdown.MethodsData from two surveys (2019, n=2096, and 2020, n=1606) of a student cohort in private high schools in Guatemala City was used. Logistic models for past 30-day cigarette, e-cigarette, marijuana, and alcohol (including binge drinking) were used, regressing these on survey wave, while adjusting for sex, scholastic performance, high school year of student, parental education, substance use, and household member tobacco use.ResultsPrevalence declined for smoking (10% to 3%, p |
| Document Type: |
article |
| File Description: |
electronic resource |
| Language: |
English |
| ISSN: |
1664-0640 |
| Relation: |
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1331962/full; https://doaj.org/toc/1664-0640 |
| DOI: |
10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1331962 |
| Access URL: |
https://doaj.org/article/f984db0aba004dc097d1abc0783b6a8b |
| Accession Number: |
edsdoj.f984db0aba004dc097d1abc0783b6a8b |
| Database: |
Directory of Open Access Journals |
