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The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA |
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The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA |
David Hollar, PhD, James Weber, PhD, and Dennis Moore, EdD. SARDI Program, School of Medicine, Wright State University, P.O. Box 927, Dayton, OH 45401-0927, (937) 775-1473, david.hollar@wright.edu
Adolescents with disabilities, who represent about thirteen percent of school-age children, report using alcohol and other drugs (AOD) at the same or higher levels as their peers, based upon several studies. To test this hypothesis and related hypotheses, longitudinal student data from the National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 were analyzed, including data from three follow-up collections in 1990-1994. In a sample of n=16,489 students from the second follow-up study (longitudinal weighted population=2,970,835), students with disabilities exhibited slightly higher alcohol and cocaine use rates than their non-disabled peers and comparable marijuana use rates by the twelfth grade. Students with disabilities exhibited significantly (alpha < 0.05) higher cigarette use and dropout rates than their non-disabled peers throughout high school. In a sample of n=13,120 youth surveyed in 1994 (longitudinal weighted population=2,968,426), previous high school cigarette and marijuana use were significantly associated with post-secondary educational and employment outcomes for adolescents with disabilities. These results indicate that adolescents with disabilities face alcohol and other drug (AOD) risk factors that are similar to their peers, as well as other risk factors.
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of the session, the participant (learner)in this session will be able to
Keywords: Adolescents, Drug Abuse
Related Web page: www.med.wright.edu/citar/sardi/
Presenting author's disclosure statement:
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.