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Haiti Drug Use Prevalence Survey of Secondary Students 2014

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General Info
Original or alternative title 
L'Enquête Scolaire sur L'Utilisation et la Prévalence de la Consommation des Drogues chez les Éleves du Secondaire en Haïti 2014
Provider 
National Commission on the Fight Against Drugs (Haiti)
Geography 
Haiti (HTI)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
04/2014 - 05/2014
Series or system 
CICAD Student Drug Use Survey
Data type
Survey:
  • Cross-sectional
  • Facility (non-health)
  • Individual
  • Nationally representative
Summary 

This survey was the third national drug use prevalence survey of secondary students. The first occurred in 2005. The purpose of this survey was to determine the scope of drug use in Haitian high school students in order to develop indicators. 

The data were collected through self-completed questionnaires given in the classroom to students attending Haitian high schools. The sample size for this survey was 3,448 students.

This survey was part of a multinational survey effort in which all countries included used a standard methodology and questionnaires. The surveys were developed and administered by the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission CICAD), a department within the Organization of American States (OSA).

Keywords 
Adolescents, Age at first sex, Alcohol use, Child labor, Condoms, Drug use disorders, Employment, HIV and AIDS, Health literacy, Health promotion, Hours worked, Illicit drug use, Marital status, Pharmacies, Prescriptions, Sexual behavior, Tobacco smoking
GHDx Entry last modified on: Aug 5, 2021