Alexandra Evans, Nalini Ranjit, Cori N Fair, Rose Jennings, Judith L Warren
Previous Gardening Experience and Gardening Enjoyment Is Related to Vegetable Preferences and Consumption Among Low-Income Elementary School Children
Journal of nutrition education and behavior
examined whether factors identified associated cannabis use age 14 16 years also associated ever use age 12 participants adoquest study n 1852 recruited 2005 among grade 5 students 29 frenchlanguage elementary schools montral canada selfreport data collected participants grade 5 spring 2005 6 fall 2005 spring 2006 parentsguardians 200607 inclusion analytic sample n 1076 mean age sd 107 05 required data participant parental questionnaires data cannabis use grade 6 mean age sd 117 04 estimated associations ever use age 12 33 potential correlates separately unadjusted adjusted logistic regression models fiftythree participants 49 reported ever use age 12 factors associated higher odds ever use included older age identifying male lower household income weekly spending money ever tried cigarettes tobacco products ever drank alcohol binge drank ever gambled friends siblings smoke cigarettes greater nicotine dependence higher depressive symptoms greater impulsivity protective factors included higher levels parentalguardian monitoring greater selfesteem school connectedness factors associated cannabis use later ages also associated ever use age 12 findings suggest surveillance interventions prevent cannabis use warranted age 12