Examining Rural/Urban Differences in Prescription Opioid Misuse Among US Adolescents

• Published in: The Journal of rural health Vol. 32; no. 2; pp. 204 - 218
• Main Authors: Monnat, Shannon M., Rigg, Khary K.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Journal of Rural Health 01.03.2016; Blackwell Publishing Ltd; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Addictions; Adolescent; Adolescents; Child; Communities; Courts; Crime; Data analysis; demography; Drug abuse; Drug addiction; Drug courts; Drug use; Early intervention; Emergency medical services; Emergency services; epidemiology; Family law; Female; geography; Health care policy; Health disparities; Health services; Humans; Intervention; Logistic Models; Male; Mediation; Medical treatment; Offenders; Opioid-Related Disorders - epidemiology; Opioid-Related Disorders - psychology; Opioids; Parent-Child Relations; Peer Group; Policy making; Prescribing; Prescription Drugs; Protective factors; Regression analysis; Reliance; Religion; Religious beliefs; Residence Characteristics - statistics & numerical data; Residents; Risk; Risk analysis; Risk Assessment; Risk Factors; Risk perception; Rural areas; Rural communities; Rural education; Rural Population - statistics & numerical data; Rural populations; Rural urban differences; Socioeconomic Factors; sociology; Substance abuse; Substance abuse treatment; Substance use; Substance-Related Disorders - epidemiology; Substance-Related Disorders - psychology; Teenagers; Treatment programs; United States; Urban areas; Urban Population - statistics & numerical data; United States; United States > US; USA; epidemiology; drug abuse; demography; geography; sociology

PURPOSE: This study examines differences in prescription opioid misuse (POM) among adolescents in rural, small urban, and large urban areas of the United States and identifies several individual, social, and community risk factors contributing to those differences. METHODS: We used nationally repres...