Addictions, Substance Use Category

Medical Use and Misuse of Psychoactive Prescription Medications Among US Youth and Young Adults

2 CE Hours
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About the Course

The purpose of this course is to investigate prevalence and correlates of medical use and misuse of psychoactive prescription medications among US youth and young adult. The course covers young adults aged 12-25 years, and correlates of misuse are restricted to 18-25 year olds.

This course is based on the reading-based online, Medical Use and Misuse of Psychoactive Prescription Medications Among US Youth and Young Adults created by Israel Agaku, DMD, MPH, MBA, PhD, PhD, Diplomate, ABDPH et al. in 2021.

Publication Details

Publication Date: Fam Med Com Health 2021

Course Material Authors

Course Material Authors authored the material only, and were not involved in creating this CE course. They are identified here for your own evaluation of the relevancy of the material this course is based on.

Israel Agaku, DMD, MPH, MBA, PhD, PhD, Diplomate, ABDPH
Israel Agaku, PhD, is a diplomate of the American Board of Dental Public Health. He has received multidisciplinary training in dentistry, public health, epidemiology, health systems, and informatics. He has authored over 100 scientific papers in leading journals.
Satomi Odani, MPH
Odani recently served in the Research Participation Programs at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The programs provide opportunities for highly motivated students, recent graduates and university faculty to participate in project-specific CDC research, current public health research and developmental activities. In the less than two years she has been at OSH, Odani has contributed to more than 14 scientific publications and has also presented her research at numerous conferences.

Target Audience

Counselors, marriage and family therapists,nurses, nurse practitioners, pharmacists, physicians, psychologists and social workers. This course is appropriate for all levels of knowledge.

Learning Objectives

After taking this course, you should be able to:

  1. 1 Identify prevalence of medical use and misuse of psychoactive prescription medications among United States youths and young adults.
  2. 2 Discuss the importance of monitoring the diversity of medication misuse behaviors among youths and young adults.
  3. 3 Analyze the results of the cross-sectional self reports surveys that are discussed by Agaku and colleagues in the 2021 article.

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Material Authors

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Commercial support

There is no commercial support for this distance-learning course.

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Course Details

2 CE Hours
Reading Online
Course 103146

Related Topics

Prescription Drugs Youth Distinct Populations

Availability

This course is available until Jan 4th, 2041.

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