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The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse
Encompassing All Addictive Disorders
Volume 31, 2005 - Issue 2
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Substance Use and Occupational Injuries Among High School Students in South Texas

Eva M. Shipp Southwest Center for Occupational and Environmental Health, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Public Health, Houston, TexasUSA; Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Texas A&M University System Health Science Center School of Rural Public Health, Bryan, TexasUSA; Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Texas A&M University System Health Science Center School of Rural Public Health, Bryan, TexasUSA
, M.S.,
Susan R. Tortolero Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Public Health, Houston, Texas, USA
, Ph.D.,
Sharon P. Cooper Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Texas A&M University System Health Science Center School of Rural Public Health, Bryan, TexasUSA
, Ph.D.,
Elizabeth G. Baumler Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Texas A&M University System Health Science Center School of Rural Public Health, Bryan, TexasUSA; Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research, University of Texas Health Science Center Houston School of Public Health, Houston, Texas, USA
, Ph.D. &
Nancy F. Weller Department of Family and Community Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
, P.H.
Pages 253-265 | Published online: 07 Jul 2009
 
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Abstract

This cross-sectional study examined the association between self-reported nonfatal occupational injuries among high school students in South Texas and their self-reported general use of substances. Data were collected using a self-administered, anonymous questionnaire (n = 3365). The independent variables included alcohol, marijuana, cocaine, inhalant, and steroid use. The dependent variable was occupational injury. Adjusting for grade, sex, ethnicity, and work intensity, odds ratios were calculated using logistic regression. Supporting an association with each substance, odds ratios consistently strengthened as use increased. Additional researchis merited given the scant number of previous studies. The associations for inhalant (OR, 5.61) and steroid (OR, 7.63) use argue for their inclusion in future research.

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