PACARDO: Data on Drug Use and Behavior in School-Aged Children and Teenagers in Panama, Central America, and the Dominican Republic, 1999-2000

The PACARDO study, concatenated to combine Panamá (PA), Centroamérica (CA), and República Dominicana (RDO), was a multi-national collaborative epidemiological research study whose primary objective was to record and describe self-reported drug use and behavior patterns among school-aged youths in Latin America. During 1999-2000, anonymous self-administered questionnaires on drug involvement and related behaviors were administered to a cross-sectional, nationally representative sample that included a total of 12,797 students in the following seven countries: Costa Rica (n = 1,702), the Dominican Republic (n = 2,023), El Salvador (n = 1,628), Guatemala (n = 2,530), Honduras (n = 1,752), Nicaragua (n = 1,419), and Panama (n = 1,743). Estimates for exposure opportunity and actual use of alcohol, tobacco, inhalants, marijuana, cocaine (crack / cocoa paste), amphetamines and methamphetamines, tranquilizers, ecstasy, and heroin were assessed via responses about questions on age of first chance to try each drug, and first use.

PACARDO 研究，通过整合巴拿马（PA）、中美洲（CA）和多米尼加共和国（RDO）的数据，是一项多国合作的流行病学研究。其首要目标是记录并描述拉丁美洲学龄青少年自我报告的药物使用和行为模式。在1999-2000年间，对包括以下七个国家的全国代表性样本进行了匿名自填问卷，以评估酒精、烟草、吸入剂、大麻、可卡因（碎块/可可酱）、苯丙胺和甲基苯丙胺、镇静剂、迷幻剂和海洛因的暴露机会和实际使用情况。这些评估通过调查受访者首次尝试每种药物的机会年龄和首次使用时间来实施。