This course examines psychostimulant use and misuse among American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian college students in the US from 2015-2019 using aggregated data from the American College Health Association-National College Health Assessment IIc (ACHA-NCHA IIc) survey administered between the fall of 2015 through the spring of 2019. It includes the following factors: gender identity, sexual orientation, tobacco use, alcohol use, opioid use, marijuana use, other substance use, multiple past year sexual partners, fraternity or sorority member, low educational achievement, depression, anxiety, stress, exposure to violence or abuse, living in a rural environment, housing/living situation, and receipt of alcohol and drug education.
This course is based on the reading-based online article, Psychostimulant Misuse Among American Indian, Alaskan Native, Or Native Hawaiian College Students in the U.S. From 2015 to 2019 created by Fares Qeadan, PhD et al. in 2023.
Publication Date
Oct 2023
Course Material Authors
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Fares Qeadan, PhD
Dr. Qeadan is an associate professor of biostatistics at Loyola University. His interests include data science and health informatics, surveys and sampling, population health and big data, geographic information systems (GIS) and statistics for health, ecology, and climate. More than 150 of his works have been published in peer reviewed journals.
Sydney Ross, MPH
Sydney has worked as a research assistant at Loyola University Chicago. Her work has primarily focused on identifying risk and protective factors for substance use disorders, specifically opioid use disorder among American Indian, Alaskan Native, and Native Hawaiian (AI/AN/NH) populations.
L.A. Rankin is a social worker with experience in many different settings with a variety of clients. She has worked with dementia and Alzheimers patients, dual diagnosis MH/MR, in a battered women’s shelter, and a rape crisis center. She also has 11 years of experience as a child protective social worker, where she earned certificates in domestic abuse/family violence and substance abuse.
Recommended For
Prevention professionals at all levels of knowledge.
Course Objectives:
After taking this course, you should be able to:
Discuss the increased risk of psychostimulant use of American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian college students.
Identify risk and protective factors.
Describe the interaction between tobacco use and opioid misuse in relation to amphetamine misuse.
Availability
This course is available starting Aug 30th, 2024 and expires Dec 30th, 2030
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Course Creator
L.A. Rankin – There are no relevant disclosures.
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There is no commercial support for this distance-learning course.
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