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Cannabis use and suicidal ideation among youth: Can we democratize school policies using digital citizen science?

BACKGROUND: School policies and programs are important in preventing Cannabis use among youth. This study uses an innovative digital citizen science approach to determine the association between Cannabis use and suicidal ideation among youth while investigating how school health policies mediate thi...

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Autor principal: Katapally, Tarun Reddy
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8843173/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35157726
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0263533
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description BACKGROUND: School policies and programs are important in preventing Cannabis use among youth. This study uses an innovative digital citizen science approach to determine the association between Cannabis use and suicidal ideation among youth while investigating how school health policies mediate this association. METHODS: The study engaged 818 youth (aged 13–18 years) and 27 educators as citizen scientists via their own smartphones. Youths responded to time-triggered validated surveys and ecological momentary assessments to report on a complex set of health behaviours and outcomes. Similarly, educators’ reported on substance misuse and mental health school policies and programs. Multivariable logistic regression modeling and mediation analyses were employed. RESULTS: 412 youth provided data on substance misuse and suicidal ideation. Cannabis use and other factors such as bullying, other illicit drug use, and youth who identified as females or other gender were associated with increased suicidal ideation. However, school policies and programs for substance misuse prevention did not mediate the association between Cannabis use and suicidal ideation. CONCLUSIONS: In the digital age, it is critical to reimagine the role of schools in health policy interventions. Digital citizen science not only provides an opportunity to democratize school policymaking and implementation processes, but also provides a voice to vulnerable youth.
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spelling pubmed-88431732022-02-15 Cannabis use and suicidal ideation among youth: Can we democratize school policies using digital citizen science? Katapally, Tarun Reddy PLoS One Research Article BACKGROUND: School policies and programs are important in preventing Cannabis use among youth. This study uses an innovative digital citizen science approach to determine the association between Cannabis use and suicidal ideation among youth while investigating how school health policies mediate this association. METHODS: The study engaged 818 youth (aged 13–18 years) and 27 educators as citizen scientists via their own smartphones. Youths responded to time-triggered validated surveys and ecological momentary assessments to report on a complex set of health behaviours and outcomes. Similarly, educators’ reported on substance misuse and mental health school policies and programs. Multivariable logistic regression modeling and mediation analyses were employed. RESULTS: 412 youth provided data on substance misuse and suicidal ideation. Cannabis use and other factors such as bullying, other illicit drug use, and youth who identified as females or other gender were associated with increased suicidal ideation. However, school policies and programs for substance misuse prevention did not mediate the association between Cannabis use and suicidal ideation. CONCLUSIONS: In the digital age, it is critical to reimagine the role of schools in health policy interventions. Digital citizen science not only provides an opportunity to democratize school policymaking and implementation processes, but also provides a voice to vulnerable youth. Public Library of Science 2022-02-14 /pmc/articles/PMC8843173/ /pubmed/35157726 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0263533 Text en © 2022 Tarun Reddy Katapally https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Cannabis use and suicidal ideation among youth: Can we democratize school policies using digital citizen science?
title Cannabis use and suicidal ideation among youth: Can we democratize school policies using digital citizen science?
title_full Cannabis use and suicidal ideation among youth: Can we democratize school policies using digital citizen science?
title_fullStr Cannabis use and suicidal ideation among youth: Can we democratize school policies using digital citizen science?
title_full_unstemmed Cannabis use and suicidal ideation among youth: Can we democratize school policies using digital citizen science?
title_short Cannabis use and suicidal ideation among youth: Can we democratize school policies using digital citizen science?
title_sort cannabis use and suicidal ideation among youth: can we democratize school policies using digital citizen science?
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8843173/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35157726
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0263533
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