Substance Use among Transgender Students in California Public Middle and High Schools

Autor/inn/en	De Pedro, Kris Tunac; Gilreath, Tamika D.; Jackson, Christopher; Esqueda, Monica Christina
Titel	Substance Use among Transgender Students in California Public Middle and High Schools
Quelle	In: Journal of School Health, 87 (2017) 5, S.303-309 (7 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-4391
DOI	10.1111/josh.12499
Schlagwörter	Substance Abuse; Sexual Identity; Middle School Students; High School Students; At Risk Persons; Adolescents; Surveys; Smoking; Drinking; Drug Abuse; Cocaine; Marijuana; Stimulants; Drug Therapy; California + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Drug use; Drug consomption; Drogenkonsum; Geschlechtsidentität; Sexuelle Identität; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; High school; High schools; Oberschule; Studentin; Risikogruppe; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Rauchen; Trinken; Kokain; Droge; Kalifornien
Abstract	Background: Transgender adolescents face tremendous social stress in families and schools, which often leads to behavioral health disparities. This study assessed whether rates of substance use were higher among transgender adolescents when compared to nontransgender adolescents. Methods: This study is a secondary data analysis of the 2013-2015 California Healthy Kids Survey (CHKS) that examines whether rates of substance use are higher among transgender youth when compared to nontransgender youth. Participants included 4,778 transgender and 630,200 nontransgender students in middle and high schools in nearly all school districts in California. The study outcomes were lifetime, recent, and in-school use of cigarettes, tobacco, alcohol, marijuana, cocaine, and ecstasy as well as nonmedical use of prescription painkillers, diet pills, Ritalin or Adderall, and cold medicine. Results: Transgender students were about 2-1/2 times more likely as nontransgender students to use cocaine/methamphetamine in their lifetime (odds ratio [OR] = 2.53; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 2.18-2.95) and about 2.8 times as likely to report past 30-day inhalant use (OR = 2.80; 95% CI = 2.41-3.26). Transgender students were more than twice as likely to report past 30-day prescription pain medication use (OR = 2.19; 95% CI = 1.90-2.53) and more than 3 times as likely to use cigarettes in school (OR = 3.37; 95% CI = 2.84-3.99). Conclusions: The study's findings indicate a need for community- and school-based interventions that reduce substance use among transgender youth. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01