Daniel Aranda, Leila Mohammadi, Mireia Montaña Blasco, Elisenda Estanyol, Pedro Fernández-de-Castro
A dataset about Spanish young people's digital skills, use of technology and online platforms
F1000Research
substance use common among youth adversely affect youth health despite legalization cannabis canada much united states lack harm reduction cannabis education schools addition educators may feel prepared teach students cannabis crosssectional survey explored educator perceptions toward teaching harm reduction substance use education students grades 412 data analysis included descriptive statistics evaluate demographic variables anovas identify subgroup differences inductive thematic analysis establish themes openended responses sample 170 educators majority female 77 worked classroom teachers 59 ninetytwo percent educators felt harm reduction effective approach substance use education 84 stated would feel comfortable teaching cannabis harm reduction education students 68 educators believed would able recognize student influence cannabis 39 felt certain respond student cannabis use 8 felt current teacher training allowed intervene prevent cannabisrelated harms educators 89 expressed interest harm reduction training particularly interactive training 70 instructorled lessons 51 online curriculum resources preferred 57 responses differed gender age group females age educators 40 reporting greater support harm reduction approaches interest training educators expressed considerable support harm reduction substance use education many felt unprepared address topic students findings identified need educator training harm reduction substance use education educators help students make informed choices around substance use thereby promoting youth health safety