Time‐Use Patterns and the Recreational Use of Prescription Medications Among Rural and Small Town Youth

Pulver, Ariel; Davison, Colleen; Pickett, William

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“…More study on time and space use patterns among youth would also be useful. Time-use patterns have been shown to be different between urban and rural youth ( 22 ) with implications for substance use for example.…”

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Patterns of youth injury: a comparison across the northern territories and other parts of Canada

Byrnes

King

Hawe

et al. 2015

International Journal of Circumpolar Health

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BackgroundInjury is the leading cause of death for young people in Canada. For those living in the northern territories (Yukon, Nunavut, and the Northwest Territories), injury represents an even greater problem, with higher rates of injury for people of all ages in northern areas compared with the rest of Canada; however, no such comparative studies have focussed specifically on non-fatal injury in youth.ObjectivesTo profile and examine injuries and their potential causes among youth in the northern territories as compared with other parts of Canada.DesignCross-sectional data from the 2009/2010 Health Behaviour in School-aged Children survey (youth aged 11–15 years) were examined for the Canadian northern territories and the provinces (n=26,078). Individual survey records were linked to community-level data to profile injuries and then study possible determinants via multilevel regression modelling.ResultsThe prevalence of injury reported by youth was similar in northern populations and other parts of Canada. There were some minimal differences by injury type: northern youth experienced a greater percentage of neighbourhood (p<0.001) and fighting (p=0.02) injuries; youth in the Canadian provinces had a greater proportion of sport-related injuries (p=0.01). Among northern youth, female sex (RR=0.87, 95% CI 0.81–0.94), average (RR=0.88, 95% CI 0.80–0.97) or above-average affluence (RR=0.84, 95% CI 0.76–0.91), not being drunk in the past 12 months (RR=0.77, 95% CI 0.69–0.85), not riding an all-terrain vehicle (RR=0.81, 95% CI 0.68–0.97) and not having permanent road access (RR=0.89, 95% CI 0.80–0.98) were protective against injury; sport participation increased risk (RR=1.45, 95% CI 1.33–1.59).ConclusionsPatterns of injury were similar across youth from the North and other parts of Canada. Given previous research, this was unexpected. When implementing injury prevention initiatives, individual and community-level risk factors are essential to understand; however, specific positive safety assets that might exist in different community contexts must also be considered.

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Patterns of youth injury: a comparison across the northern territories and other parts of Canada

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King

Hawe

et al. 2015

International Journal of Circumpolar Health

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“…Data from both Europe and the U.S. support the conclusion that settings with such features offer adolescents space for engagement in risky behaviours (Augustyn and McGloin 2013 ; Lee and Vandell 2015 ) and are appealing to adolescents who are generally more vulnerable to these behaviours (Mahoney et al 2004 ; Persson et al 2007 ). Indeed, youth who spend a lot of time in such activities with little or no structure have been reported to have higher rates of substance use (Kiesner et al 2010 ; Pulver et al 2015 ), potentially risky sexual activity (Barnes et al 2007 ) and to do worse in school, both in terms of grade point average and honours or recognitions earned (Nelson and Gastic 2009 ).…”

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Can organized leisure-time activities buffer the negative outcomes of unstructured activities for adolescents’ health?

Baďura

Gecková

Sigmundová

et al. 2018

Int J Public Health

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ObjectivesWe aimed to assess the associations of involvement in selected unstructured activities (UA) with health-risk behaviours and academic achievement and the degree to which the participation in organized leisure-time activities (OLTA) changes these associations. MethodsUsing a sample of 6935 Czech adolescents aged 13 and 15 years, we investigated adolescents’ weekly involvement in hanging out, visiting shopping malls for fun and meeting friends after 8 p.m., OLTA and engagement in three health-risk behaviours and academic achievement. ResultsWeekly involvement in the selected UA was associated with higher odds for regular smoking, being drunk, having early sexual intercourse and low academic achievement. Concurrent participation in OLTA did not buffer these negative outcomes, except for sexual experience. However, those highly engaged only in UA were more likely to participate in the health-risk behaviours and report worse academic achievement than those participating in any OLTA concurrently.ConclusionsThe selected UA are strongly associated with an increased occurrence of adolescents’ health-risk behaviours and low academic achievement. Concurrent participation in OLTA does not buffer these negative outcomes significantly, but adolescents engaged only in UA consistently report the least favourable outcomes.

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“…Some may feel social pressure or influence from peers to use prescription or OTC drugs [26]. Rural communities may be particularly at risk with studies finding time spent with peers outside of the school day and lack of participation in extracurricular activities to be associated with the recreational use of prescription drugs among youth [27]. Finally, many individuals may not recognize the dangers of prescription or OTC drug abuse [7,28].…”

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Proper Drug Disposal: Studying a Solution to Household Prescription and Over-the- Counter Drug Abuse

Kinrys¹,

Gold²,

Nierenberg³

2016

J Drug Abuse (edi(n))

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For the average American, prescription and over-the-counter drugs are a standard component of a daily health regimen with 35% of American adults consuming over-the-counter (OTC) medicines on a daily basis [1] and 48.7% of Americans reporting use of at least one prescription drug in a 30 day period [2]. Data indicate that OTC medications serve a crucial role in helping treat a host of common health problems such as pains, aches, sprains, and rashes [1,3] with 81% of adults utilizing OTC medications as a first response treatment for common medical symptoms [4]. With OTC sales at approximately 31 billion dollars in 2014, OTC drugs importantly provide low-cost treatments to individuals in underserved communities [4].In a thirteen-year span from 1999 to 2012, prescription drug use in the United States demonstrated a notable increase [5]. Using data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, Kantor et al. [5]. found that 51% of US adults reported use of any prescription drug from 1999 to 2000 while 59% reported use of any prescription drug from 2011-2012. A recent Mayo Clinic study estimated that 70% of Americans are on at least one prescription drug [6].Widespread prescription and OTC medication use in the United States has produced an environment in which drugs are highly present and, thus, readily accessible to any given individual [7]. This ease of access is reflected in many areas. First, OTC drugs can be easily purchased in pharmacies and drug stores. Further, many individuals have access to expired or unused drugs in their home cabinets [8,9]. These avenues create opportunities for individuals to share excess drugs with friends and family members or to consume the drugs themselves. In many cases, these medications are not consumed as prescribed -specifically, they are consumed at higher doses or by non-intended recipients [10,11]. Thus, high accessibility can, in turn, contribute to misuse and abuse of prescription and OTC drugs [12]. Proper Drug Disposal: Studying a Solution to Household Prescription and Over-theCounter Drug Abuse AbstractWith 6.5 million Americans misusing a prescription drug in 2014 and 12% of American teenagers indicating lifetime use of over-the-counter cold medicine or cough syrup for getting high, misuse and abuse of prescription and over-thecounter drugs remains a major problem in the United States. Prescription and over-the-counter drug abuse often results from unused or unwanted medications remaining in the household cabinet. A potential solution to this problem lies in drug take-back programs which allow individuals to bring unused medications back to designated facilities for safe and proper disposal. In this commentary, we discuss the current state of drug take-back programs and their relevance to prescription and over-the-counter drug abuse. We conclude with suggestions on future directions in drug disposal that can help fight against prescription and overthe-counter drug abuse.

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Time‐Use Patterns and the Recreational Use of Prescription Medications Among Rural and Small Town Youth

Cited by 12 publications

References 43 publications

Patterns of youth injury: a comparison across the northern territories and other parts of Canada

Patterns of youth injury: a comparison across the northern territories and other parts of Canada

Can organized leisure-time activities buffer the negative outcomes of unstructured activities for adolescents’ health?

Proper Drug Disposal: Studying a Solution to Household Prescription and Over-the- Counter Drug Abuse

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