Substance Abuse Prevention

Patestos, Chrysanthe; Patterson, Kristen; Fitzsimons, Virginia

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“…The rate of risky drinking episodes has been found to be high during the first year of college life as students are trying to cope with the new environment. Student nurses are vulnerable to substance abuse due to the ease of access to outlets such as taverns and beer halls [ 8 , 9 ]. Some student nurse residences are not too far from liquor outlets, indicating easy access to alcohol and other substances.…”

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A Model to Prevent Substance Use/Abuse by Student Nurses at Limpopo College of Nursing, South Africa

Netshiswinzhe,

Ramathuba,

Lebese

et al. 2023

Healthcare

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Background: Substance use/abuse is a global challenge that has detrimental effects on nations’ health, wealth, and security. Substance users in Africa make up roughly 17% to 21% of global illicit drug users in Africa and cannabis abuse (63%) (UNODC, 2010). Purpose: We aimed to develop, describe, and evaluate a model that could be used as a framework of reference to prevent substance use/abuse by student nurses at Limpopo College of Nursing, South Africa. Method: A mixed-method study approach was used following a qualitative exploratory, descriptive, and contextual design to explore factors contributing to substance use/abuse by student nurses and quantitatively examine the impact of substance use/abuse on students’ academic achievements in Limpopo Province. Findings: The results of the first empirical phase reveal two themes and seven subthemes from the semi-structured interviews with lecturers, students, and support staff. The literature supported the results. In phase 2, we analyzed the concept of the “prevention” of substance use/abuse by student nurses following the process of a concept analysis by Walker and Avant (2016). The results were conceptualized within the six elements of practice theory: context, agent, recipient, dynamic, process and procedure, and outcome. Conclusions: The relational statements provided the basis for the model description. A reliable method was used to describe and evaluate the model.

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A Model to Prevent Substance Use/Abuse by Student Nurses at Limpopo College of Nursing, South Africa

Netshiswinzhe,

Ramathuba,

Lebese

et al. 2023

Healthcare

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“…Aside from providing direct care for PWUDs (Abram, 2018), nurses have essential roles in preventing substance use disorder. These roles include health education, liaison, and researcher (Patestos et al, 2014). Hence, in designing health promotional initiatives related to substance use disorder, nurses must also examine and utilize the Internet, where information and transactions related to these substances are expanding.…”

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Global utilization of online information for substance use disorder: An infodemiological study of Google and Wikipedia from 2004 to 2022

Alibudbud

Cleofas

2022

J of Nursing Scholarship

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Introduction The increasing number of people who use drugs (PWUDs) can be attributed to the rising online sales of drugs and other related substances. Information on drugs and drug markets has also become easily accessible in web‐search engines and social media. Aside from providing direct care, nurses have essential roles in preventing substance use disorder. These roles include health education, liaison, and researcher. Thus, nurses must examine and utilize the Internet, where information and transactions related to these substances are increasing. Design/Methods This study utilized an infodemiological design in exploring the worldwide information utilization for substance use disorder. Data were gathered from Google Trends and Wikimedia Pageview. The data included relative search volumes (RSV), top and rising related queries and topics, and Wikipedia page views between 2004 and 2022. After describing the data, autoregressive integrated mean averaging (ARIMA) models were used to predict future utilization of online information from Google and Wikipedia. Results Google trends ranked 37 countries based on the search volumes for substance use disorder. Ethiopia, Finland, the United States, Kenya, and Canada have the highest RSVs, while the lowest‐ranked country is Turkey, followed by Mexico, Spain, Japan, and Indonesia. Google searches for substance use disorder‐related information increased by more than 900% between 2004 and 2022. In addition, Wikipedia page views for substance use disorder‐related information increased by almost 200% between 2015 and 2022. Based on the ARIMA models, RSVs and page views are predicted to increase by about 150% and 120% by December 2025. Top and rising search‐related topics and queries revealed that the public increasingly utilized online information to understand specific substances and the possible mental health comorbidities related to substance use disorders. Their recent concerns revolved around diagnostics, specific substances, and specific disorders. Conclusion The Internet can be of paradoxical use in substance use disorder. It has been previously reported to be increasingly used in drug trades, contributing to the increasing prevalence of substance use disorder. Likewise, the present study's findings revealed that it is increasingly utilized for substance use disorder‐related information. Thus, nurses and other healthcare professionals should ensure that online information regarding substance use disorders is accurate and up‐to‐date. Clinical Relevance Nurse informaticists can form and lead Internet‐ and social‐media‐based health teams that perform national infodemiological investigations to assess online information. In doing so, they can inform, expand, and contextualize ehealth substance use education and strengthen the accessibility and delivery of substance use healthcare. In addition, public health nurses can collaborate to engage patients and communities in identifying harmful substance use disorder information online and creating culturally‐appropriate mes...

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Relationships Among Substance Use, Multiple Sexual Partners, and Condomless Sex

Zhao

Kim

Peltzer

2016

The Journal of School Nursing

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Male and female students manifest different behaviors in condomless sex. This cross-sectional, exploratory, correlational study examined the differences in risk factors for condomless sex between male and female high school students, using secondary data from 4,968 sexually active males and females participating in the 2011 National Youth Risk Behavior Survey. Results in descriptive statistics and multivariate binary logistic regressions revealed that condomless sex was reported as 39.70% in general. A greater proportion of females engaged in condomless sex (23.26%) than did males (16.44%). Physical abuse by sex partners was a common reason for failure to use condoms regardless of gender. Lower condom use was found in (1) those experiencing forced sex by a partner in males, (2) female smokers, and (3) female with multiple sex partners. Thus, sexual health education should address the different risk factors and consider gender characteristics to reduce condomless sex.

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Substance Abuse Prevention

Cited by 6 publications

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A Model to Prevent Substance Use/Abuse by Student Nurses at Limpopo College of Nursing, South Africa

A Model to Prevent Substance Use/Abuse by Student Nurses at Limpopo College of Nursing, South Africa

Global utilization of online information for substance use disorder: An infodemiological study of Google and Wikipedia from 2004 to 2022

Relationships Among Substance Use, Multiple Sexual Partners, and Condomless Sex

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