Creator:

Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH)

Geography:

North America > Canada > Ontario

Categories:

• Mental Health
• Smoking/Drinking/Addictions

Tags:

• addiction
• alcohol addiction
• drug addiction
• gambling
• mental health
• perceptions
• shame
• students
• youth

Date:

2008

URL:

http://www.camh.ca/en/research/Documents/www.camh.net/Research/Areas_of_research/Population_Life_Course_Studies/eBulletins/ebv9n4_Stigma_2007OSDUHS.pdf

Annotation:

The Ontario Student Drug Use and Health Survey (OSDUHS) is an Ontario-wide survey of elementary (grades 7 and 8) and secondary (grades 9-12) school students conducted every two years since 1977. The survey uses a stratified (region, school type) two-stage cluster design (school, class). The 2007 total sample size was 6,323 students in grades 7 to 12 from 43 school boards, 119 schools, and 385 classes. The student participation rate was 68%. The 2007 sample represents about 1,011,000 students in grades 7 to 12 in public and Catholic schools across the province.