Anna Aristova, Alison C Spence, Christopher Irwin, Audrey Elford, Laura Graham, Penelope Love
Nutrition environments in early childhood education: do they align with best practice?
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growing cannabis use among young adults united states surpasses research public understanding raising health concerns despite potential benefits limited research focuses knowledge attitudes risks motivations especially states limited legalization study explores cannabis knowledge attitudes among healthy young adult cannabis consumers understand risk benefit perceptions data include subsample participants herbal heart study cohort examine subclinical cardiovascular risk among healthy young adult 1835 years old cannabis consumers nonconsumers qualitative thematic analysis interviews performed using deductive approach driven theory health belief model generate categories codes dedoose used organize transcripts coding total 22 young adult cannabis consumers age 253 sd 44 interviewed may 5 2021 september 23 2022 participants predominantly female n 13 hispanic n 9 nonhispanic black n 7 five themes identified perceived health benefits risks associated cannabis use motivation cannabis use knowledge cannabis perceived barriers cannabis use participants discussed knowledge positivenegative attitudes toward cannabis perceived risksbenefits based personal experience gathered information showed knowledge deficits wanted healthrelated cannabis research given current climate rising cannabis legalization availability novel cannabis products societal acceptance research evidencebased cannabis literacy young adults essential keep pace liberalization trends