TY - JOUR
T1 - The rural context of illicit substance offers
T2 - A study of appalachian rural adolescents
AU - Pettigrew, Jonathan
AU - Miller-Day, Michelle
AU - Krieger, Janice
AU - Hecht, Michael L.
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This publication was supported by Grant Number R01DA021670 from the National Institute on Drug Abuse to The Pennsylvania State University (Michael Hecht, principal investigator).
PY - 2012/7
Y1 - 2012/7
N2 - Rural adolescents are at risk for early initiation and problematic substance use, but to date few studies have examined the rural context of substance use. To better understand substance offers in the rural context, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 118, 12- to 19-year-old adolescents (M = 13.68, SD = 1.37) from Appalachian, rural school districts in Pennsylvania and Ohio. Interviews elicited stories about substance offer-response episodes, including where offers occurred, who offered substances, and how youth gained access to illicit substances. Findings describe the settings in which substance offers and use occur for these rural adolescents and advance prevention efforts for tailoring health messages to this target population.
AB - Rural adolescents are at risk for early initiation and problematic substance use, but to date few studies have examined the rural context of substance use. To better understand substance offers in the rural context, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 118, 12- to 19-year-old adolescents (M = 13.68, SD = 1.37) from Appalachian, rural school districts in Pennsylvania and Ohio. Interviews elicited stories about substance offer-response episodes, including where offers occurred, who offered substances, and how youth gained access to illicit substances. Findings describe the settings in which substance offers and use occur for these rural adolescents and advance prevention efforts for tailoring health messages to this target population.
KW - community/neighborhood issues
KW - family relationships
KW - risk behavior
KW - substance use
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84862147266&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=84862147266&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/0743558411432639
DO - 10.1177/0743558411432639
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84862147266
SN - 0743-5584
VL - 27
SP - 523
EP - 550
JO - Journal of Adolescent Research
JF - Journal of Adolescent Research
IS - 4
ER -