Perceptions and Problems Associated with Vaping in Youth and Young Adults

青少年和年轻人对电子烟的看法和问题

• 批准号: 10054226
• 负责人: Andrea Villanti
• 金额: $ 32.41万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT & ST AGRIC COLLEGE
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2020-04-01 至 2022-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10054226
• 关键词: Address; Affect; Age; Alcohol or Other Drugs use; Area; Behavior; Belief; Cessation of life; Characteristics; Communication; Communities; Data; Data Collection; Devices; Disease Outbreaks; Electronic cigarette; Emergency Situation; Enrollment; Ensure; Epidemic; Evaluation Studies; Exposure to; Frequencies; Funding; Future; Health; Health Communication; High Prevalence; Injury; Intervention; Knowledge; Laws; Link; Marijuana; Nicotine; Patients; Pattern; Perception; Pharmaceutical Preparations; Pilot Projects; Play; Policies; Prevention; Reporting; Research; Risk; Role; Sampling; Structure; Surveys; Symptoms; Time; Tobacco use; Universities; Vermont; Youth; associated symptom; cohort; electronic cigarette use; expedited review; experience; falls; lung injury; male; marijuana use; operation; population survey; prevent; response; vaping; vaping associated lung injury; vaping nicotine; young adult

PROJECT ABSTRACT In the past six months, over 2,000 cases of vaping-related lung injury have been identified in 49 states, with 39 deaths. These injuries are taking a disproportionate toll on young people: the median age of these cases is 24 years and 54% of patients are youth or young adults under the age of 25. While evidence indicates that vaping THC plays a major role in this outbreak, the epidemic coincides with rapid increases in e-cigarette use in youth over the past two years. Time-sensitive information from young people on perceptions, patterns, and problems associated with vaping THC and nicotine is needed to guide state-level efforts. In the fall of 2019, the Vermont Department of Health launched the emergency Health Operations Center to track and respond to the state’s vaping-related lung injuries. As one of its early actions, the Center solicited data on vaping from the Policy and Communication Evaluation Study (PACE Vermont; www.pacevt.org), a six-month pilot study with quarterly online surveys in 1,500 youth and young adults completed in October 2019. The PACE Vermont Study is a partnership between the University of Vermont and the Vermont Department of Health to understand the impact of state-level policies and communication campaigns on substance use beliefs and behaviors in young Vermonters. This proposal continues the approach developed in the PACE Vermont Study to rapidly inform the VT HOC’s response to the outbreak of vaping-related lung injury. Expedited review and funding will allow for three additional waves of data collection in 1,500 Vermont youth and young adults to address questions raised by the VT HOC and the study team that would otherwise be impossible to obtain. Study aims address three areas: 1) changes in perceptions, patterns, and symptoms associated with vaping nicotine and marijuana in Vermont youth and young adults following the emergent outbreak of vaping-related lung injury; 2) characteristics of those who vape nicotine and marijuana, as well as those who report vaping-related symptoms or problems to guide intervention efforts; and 3) the impact of e-cigarette prevention messages on vaping-related harm perceptions and patterns of use. This proposal harnesses an experienced research team with expertise in rapid and responsive research, an established structure, and a community-engaged approach to address the rapid increase in vaping among young people and the emergence of vaping-related injuries. Partnership with the Vermont Department of Health and ongoing coordination with its emergency Health Operations Center ensures that data collected in this study will be rapidly incorporated into responses to these sudden and severe emerging drug issues in Vermont and potentially other states.

项目摘要 在过去的六个月里，49 个州发现了 2000 多例与电子烟相关的肺损伤病例，其中 39 人死亡。这些伤害对年轻人造成了不成比例的影响：这些病例的中位年龄为 24 岁，54% 的患者是 25 岁以下的青少年。虽然有证据表明， 电子烟THC在这次疫情中扮演了重要角色，疫情爆发恰逢电子烟使用量快速增加 过去两年中年轻人关于看法、模式和行为的时间敏感信息。 2019 年秋季，需要对与电子烟 THC 和尼古丁相关的问题进行指导。 佛蒙特州卫生部启动了紧急卫生行动中心来跟踪和应对 作为其早期行动之一，该中心向州政府收集了有关电子烟的数据。 政策和沟通评估研究（PACE Vermont；www.pacevt.org），一项为期六个月的试点研究 2019 年 10 月完成的针对 1,500 名青少年的季度在线调查。佛蒙特州 PACE 这项研究是佛蒙特大学和佛蒙特州卫生部之间的合作伙伴关系，旨在了解 国家层面的政策和宣传活动对物质使用信念和行为的影响 该提案延续了 PACE 佛蒙特州研究中开发的方法，以快速实现这一目标。 告知 VT HOC 对电子烟相关肺损伤爆发的反应 加快审查和资助。 允许对 1,500 名佛蒙特州青少年进行另外三轮数据收集，以解决 VT HOC 和研究团队提出的问题是不可能获得研究目标的。 解决三个领域：1）与电子烟尼古丁相关的认知、模式和症状的变化 与电子烟相关的肺损伤突然爆发后，佛蒙特州青少年和年轻人吸食大麻2) 吸食尼古丁和大麻的人以及报告与吸食电子烟相关的人的特征 指导干预工作的症状或问题；以及 3) 电子烟预防信息对人的影响； 该提案利用了经验丰富的研究团队。 拥有快速响应研究方面的专业知识、既定的结构和社区参与的方法 解决年轻人吸电子烟人数迅速增加以及电子烟相关伤害出现的问题。 与佛蒙特州卫生部合作并与其紧急卫生部门持续协调 运营中心确保本研究中收集的数据将迅速纳入对这些问题的响应中 佛蒙特州和其他可能的州突然出现严重的毒品问题。