Risk Perception of New Psychoactive Substances ("Legal Highs") among their Users

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Risk Perception of New Psychoactive Substances ("Legal Highs") among their Users

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

BACKGROUND: Recent years have witnessed an increase in the incidence of new psychoactive substances (NPS), or also the so-called "legal highs" on the market, and increase of their use in the general population (Winstock and Ramsey , 2010). The use of such substances poses a threat to the individual and public health (EMCDDA, 2010). This paper presents the results of research which had as main objective to analyse (i) NPS how users perceive the risks associated with their use, and (ii) what strategies are used by NPS users to avoid risks that may be associated with the use of thereof. DATA AND METHODS: The research was a qualitative content analysis of online discussion fora associating NPS users (16 fora with a total of 832 posts) and qualitative analysis of interviews with 9 NPS users; in the analysis, the method of grounded theory was used. RESULTS: Regarding the perception of risk, there is a group of users who perceive the risk of these substances as low, as a result of their "lega

Název v anglickém jazyce

Risk Perception of New Psychoactive Substances ("Legal Highs") among their Users

Popis výsledku anglicky

BACKGROUND: Recent years have witnessed an increase in the incidence of new psychoactive substances (NPS), or also the so-called "legal highs" on the market, and increase of their use in the general population (Winstock and Ramsey , 2010). The use of such substances poses a threat to the individual and public health (EMCDDA, 2010). This paper presents the results of research which had as main objective to analyse (i) NPS how users perceive the risks associated with their use, and (ii) what strategies are used by NPS users to avoid risks that may be associated with the use of thereof. DATA AND METHODS: The research was a qualitative content analysis of online discussion fora associating NPS users (16 fora with a total of 832 posts) and qualitative analysis of interviews with 9 NPS users; in the analysis, the method of grounded theory was used. RESULTS: Regarding the perception of risk, there is a group of users who perceive the risk of these substances as low, as a result of their "lega

Druh

J_x - Nezařazeno - Článek v odborném periodiku (Jimp, Jsc a Jost)

CEP obor

FQ - Veřejné zdravotnictví, sociální lékařství

OECD FORD obor

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Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/NT14064" target="_blank" >NT14064: Nové drogy – analýza trhu, epidemiologie užívání a identifikace možností pro snižování škod</a><br>

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2014

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Adiktologie

ISSN

1213-3841

e-ISSN

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Svazek periodika

14

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

3

Stát vydavatele periodika

CZ - Česká republika

Počet stran výsledku

16

Strana od-do

212-227

Kód UT WoS článku

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EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

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