SUBSTANCE ABUSE AMONG IMMIGRANT CONSTRUCTION WORKERS

Substance Abuse among Young Female Sex Workers in Tehran Metropolitan

Both drug use and sex work considered as serious health and social problems. This study aimed to find the relation between them in young Iranian women. A mixed method of data collection applied from 300 young female sex workers in Tehran and 39 in-depth interviews with key informants. Result show that 84.4 % of participants used drugs before sex work. 46.2% of their fathers and 56.6% of their h...

Substance abuse among migrant workers of Thai-Laos border, Thailand.

OBJECTIVE Study the impact of substance abuse among migrant workers along the Thai-Laos border region in Nakhon Phanom Province. MATERIAL AND METHOD The target population included migrant workers aged 15 years and over and were selected using the snowball technique. Data were collected from 300 migrant workers and in-depth interviews and focus group discussion were carried out. Data analysis ...

Substance abuse among nurses.

Substance abuse among adolescents.

Substance abuse among older adults.

Although the myth that older adults do not use mood-altering substances persists, evidence suggests that substance use among older adults has been underidentified for decades. The baby boom generation is unique in its exposure to, attitudes toward, and prevalence of substance use-causing projected rates of substance use to increase over the next twenty years. Given their unique biological vulne...