{"id":119797,"date":"2020-06-02T08:05:12","date_gmt":"2020-06-02T18:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=119797"},"modified":"2020-06-02T08:47:40","modified_gmt":"2020-06-02T18:47:40","slug":"preventing-drug-use-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2020\/06\/02\/preventing-drug-use-study\/","title":{"rendered":"Uncertainty in preventing drug use in children, young adults"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>

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The use of illicit drugs by children under age 11, adolescents 12–17 and young adults aged 18–25, is notably persistent. What’s worse, preventive measures are inconclusive.<\/p>\n

A study published in JAMA<\/abbr><\/em><\/a> by the U.S.<\/abbr> Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF<\/abbr>) has concluded that current evidence is insufficient to make a recommendation regarding primary care-based behavioral counseling interventions to prevent illicit drug use (including non-medical use of prescription drugs) in children, adolescents and young adults. <\/p>\n

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Chien-Wen Tseng<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Contributing to the study is Chien-Wen Tseng<\/strong>, professor of family medicine and community health of the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa John A, Burns School of Medicine<\/a> (JABSOM<\/abbr>). Tseng is a member of the USPSTF<\/abbr>, which routinely makes recommendations about the effectiveness of preventive care services.<\/p>\n

Illicit drug use, defined as the use of substances (not including alcohol or tobacco products) that are illegally obtained or involve non-medical use of prescription medications, contributes to the leading causes of death among young people ages 10–24, including motor vehicle accidents, suicide and homicide.<\/p>\n

“We need a lot more research on this really important issue,” Tseng said. “It\u2019s unfortunate that we cannot yet make a recommendation for behavior counseling interventions for those who have never used drugs as well as those with early or experimental use.”<\/p>\n

The recommendation is consistent with the previous USPSTF<\/abbr> statement in 2014, except that it now includes young adults aged 18–25. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

More research is needed on this issue according to JABSOM<\/abbr> Professor Chien-Wen Tseng.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[31,1363,9],"class_list":["post-119797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-research","tag-john-a-burns-school-of-medicine","tag-manoa-research","tag-uh-manoa","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119797","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119797"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119797\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":119814,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119797\/revisions\/119814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}