Development of an instrument measuring Chinese adolescent beliefs and attitudes towards substance abuse

Fok, May S. M.; Tsang, Warren Y. W.

doi:10.1111/j.1365-2702.2005.01202.x

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“…The main medical challenge for addiction treatment is thus the prevention of relapse . Although forceful measures are necessary, shifting government policy and public attitude in order to gain support for medical intervention into relapse is also essential (Fok and Tsang 2005;Tang et al 2005).…”

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Drug Abuse in China: Past, Present and Future

Lü

Yu-xia

2007

Cell Mol Neurobiol

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Following British importation of opium to China in 1760s, the use and production of the drug in China increased dramatically. This situation was aggravated after the failure of Opium Wars that occurred between the United Kingdom and the Qing Empire in China with the aim of forcing China to import British Opium; this war made China open the door to a free flowing opium trade, with disastrous social and public health consequences. The subsequent rise of the new China created drug-free atmosphere by strict legislation and punishment, in which drug use greatly decreased. However, in the context of governmental reform and the open-door policies of the 1980s, drug abuse has re-emerged as a major public health problem. Today, drug abuse is highly linked to the spread of HIV/AIDS and to drug-related crimes in China. To combat the severe drug problem facing the nation, the Chinese government has adopted the Methadone Maintenance Treatment program, a multi-faceted therapeutic approach that aims to reduce the health and social problem induced by drug epidemics. In addition, traditional Chinese medicine, including herbal therapy and acupuncture, both found to be effective in the prevention of relapse and causes few side effects, making them useful for the treatment of opiate addiction. With continuous application of these therapies and managements that have been proved to be effective in harm reduction in the western countries, we believe that drug abuse and its related problems in China will be brought under control.

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Drug Abuse in China: Past, Present and Future

Lü

Yu-xia

2007

Cell Mol Neurobiol

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“…For drug abusers, psychological help is necessary, especially support from relatives, friends and colleagues. Therefore, the public must change its attitudes towards drug abusers, and accept them and help them instead of abandoning them [34,35] . In Hong Kong, some institutes for drug abstinence have set up a psychological treatment center to accelerate recovery; in addition, some workshops have also been set up to provide recovering addicts with employment [13,14] .…”

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“…Many measures for the maintenance of drug-free states in addicts who abstain from drug abuse have been instituted in China; however, effective strategies are still lacking [3,6] . Strong measures are necessary, but alone these are insufficient to control drug abuse; changing public attitudes is also very important [34,35] . Drug abusers are often deserted by their families and friends.…”

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Recent trends in drug abuse in China1

Yu-xia

Wang

Shi

et al. 2006

Acta Pharmacologica Sinica

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Drug abuse has spread quickly since reemerging as a national problem in China in the late 1980s. The number of registered drug abusers increased from 70 000 in 1990 to more than one million by the end of 2004. In addition to opioids, abuse of “new” types of drugs including 3,4‐methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) and ketamine has spread since 1997. Illicit drug trafficking and production have swept most of southern China, and throughout the country drug abuse has caused many problems for both abusers and the community. One major drug‐related problem is the spread of HIV, which has caused major social and economic damage in China. In response, the Chinese government has begun an anti‐drug campaign, including legislative measures to control drug abuse. However, changing the public's attitudes toward drug abusers and breaking the link between drug use and HIV spread are equally important.

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“…Content validity of IFAHNA was assessed by the experts. Content validity assessment of questionnaires by experts is one of the best ways to develop an evidenced-based questionnaire with appropriate content [23] and many other studies have used content validity assessment by experts to confirm their developed questionnaires [24,25].…”

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An inventory for assessment of the health needs of Iranian female adolescents

Shahhosseini

Simbar

Ramezankhani³

et al. 2012

East Mediterr Health J

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Health needs assessment is a first step to planning adolescent health programmes but it needs to be socioculturally relevant to the target population. This study aimed to develop an instrument to assess the health needs of Iranian female adolescents and evaluate its psychometric properties. Content analysis was applied to explore the health needs of female adolescents through focus group discussions with adolescents and in-depth interviews with key informants. Five themes were identified: educational needs, and emotional, social, physical and spiritual health needs. A scale-level content validity index of 0.92 was obtained. The factor structure was identified by principal component analysis; 5 factors were extracted which accounted for 44.89% of the variance. Reliability of the instrument was demonstrated with a Cronbach alpha of 0.90 for the entire scale. Consistency was established with test-retest reliability with an interval of 2 weeks (intracluster correlation coefficient = 0.984, P < 0.001). There was a negative correlation with the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (r = -0.66, P < 0.001). The instrument is culturally sensitive with satisfactory validity and reliability and could be used for planning of adolescent health services.

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Development of an instrument measuring Chinese adolescent beliefs and attitudes towards substance abuse

Cited by 10 publications

References 13 publications

Drug Abuse in China: Past, Present and Future

Drug Abuse in China: Past, Present and Future

Recent trends in drug abuse in China1

An inventory for assessment of the health needs of Iranian female adolescents

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