Investigating the association between school substance programs and student substance use: accounting for informative cluster size
When ICS is present in clustered school data, weighted and unweighted analyses may produce different results. Care is needed to investigate the relationship between cluster size and the outcome, and use appropriate methods for analysis. Certain substance programs may influence student behaviour in other substances, highlighting the need for a multivariate analytical approach when studying the use of substances by adolescents.
Authors
- Aya Mitani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0373-5032)
- Scott T. Leatherdale (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5926-3065)
- Karen A. Patte (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5214-1943)
- Yushu Zou
Institutions
- University of Waterloo (CA)
- University of Toronto (CA)
- Brock University (CA)
- Public Health Ontario (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Epidemiologic Methods
- Published
- 2025-01-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1515/em-2024-0028
- Primary Topic
- Smoking Behavior and Cessation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
- Institute of Population and Public Health