Screening for "Substance Abuse" among School-Based Youth in Mexico Using the Problem Oriented Screening Instrument (POSIT) for Teenagers

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 307-329

  Latimer, William W ^a   O'Brien, Megan S ^a   McDouall, Jorge ^b   Toussova, Olga ^c   Floyd, Leah J ^a   Vazquez, Marco ^d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Ministry of Health   (Colombia)

^c Counseling Ctr Drug Abuse/HIV Prev ^*  (Russian Federation)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Classification accuracy; Drug abuse; Drug use; Mexico; Screening tools; Youth

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ILLICIT DRUG;

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; GENDER; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEXICO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM ORIENTED SCREENING INSTRUMENT; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING TEST; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEXICO; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS; STUDENTS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 1642377147     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/JA-120028492     Document Type: Review

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