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Teen Challenge Enlightening Statistics

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2. Teen Challenge—Enlightening Statistics

The following statistics have been obtained through the kind cooperation of the Teen Challenge Program for drug and alcohol abuse, a service which was first initiated in 1958 in New York City. The statistics are in a “Services Research Report-An Evaluation of the Teen Challenge Treatment Program” as issued by the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare; Public Health Service; Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration; and the National Institute on Drug Abuse.

We thank Greg Brewer, Tucson Director of Teen Challenge for his kind cooperation.

TABLE 1

Characteristics of Entrants into Teen Challenge Program

Characteristic % or x (N=186)
Age 24
Ethnicity:
% Hispanic 64.0
% Black 20.4
% White 15.6
Education:
% 9th grade 23.5
% 9-11 grades 60.9
% 12 or more grades 15.6
% Married 29.6
% Admitted under legal pressure 22.5
% Ever arrested 79.0
%Arrested for drugs 47.9
Religion:
% Catholic 43.6
% Protestant 29.5
% Jewish 1.6
% Muslim 2.7
% Other 0.5
% None 23.1
Heroin Use:
% Heroin use at admission 87
% Using heroin at least daily 83
Age of first heroin use 17
% Reporting hospitalization for overdose 31
Other drug use at admission:
% Tobacco 88
% Alcohol 39
% Marijuana 37
% Other drugs 44

TABLE 2

Characteristics of Entrants into Challenge Program at Age 12

Characteristic % (N=186)
Type of residential community:
City of 250,000 or more 59.1
City of 50,000-200,000 10.2
City of less than 50,000 15.6
Suburb 10.2
Farm or country 4.3
Don’t know 0.5
Living with:
Both father and mother 69.4
Mother 21.0
Father 3.X
Other person 5.4
   
In school 97.3
Attending religious services regularly 64.0

TABLE 3

Client Outcome – 1975 Induction Center Dropouts (N=70) Training Center Dropouts (N=52) Training Center Graduates (N=64)
Outcome Data Pre-Teen
Challenge
%
Post-Teen
Challenge
%
Pre-Teen
Challenge
%
Post-Teen
Challenge
%
Pre-Teen
Challenge %
Post-Teen
Challenge
%
Heroin Use *1 90.0 18.6 78.9 1.9 89.1 4.7
Alcohol Use 32.9 51.4 36.5 30.8 51.6 17.2
Tobacco Use 91.4 82.9 90.4 63.5 82.8 21.9
Marijuana Use 44.3 48.6 26.9 15.4 37.5 12.5
Obtaining money through
illegal means
– 20.0 – 3.9 – 16
Employed/in school – 57.1 – 61.5 – 75.0
Arrests 80.0 78.6 73.1 55.8 82.8 29.7
Any schooling post-teen
challenge
– 28.6 – 21.2 – 40.6
Married/Living with 41.4 57.1 30.8 61.5 23.4 70.3
Health since Teen Challenge
reported as good-excellent
– 58.6 – 75.0 – 92.2
Current nervous/emotional
problems
– 18.6 – 13.5 – 12.5
Any treatment other
than Teen Challenge
40.0 80.0 38.5 63.5 54.7 26.5
Reporting self as:
Very/Somewhat religious 58.6 88.6 30.8 75.0 26.6 87.5
Not religious 41.4 11.4 69.2 25.0 73.4 12.5
Attending religious services *2 62.9 37.1 48.0 32.8 67.2

*1 An additional 18.6% of Induction Center dropouts, 15.4% of Training Center dropouts and 7.8% of Training Center graduates were using methadone, but it is unclear whether or not this was illicitly obtained.
*2 For Pre-Teen Challenge recorded as “church member.”

* Not all the statistics are given here. Those persons wishing the complete report may request same from a local Teen Challenge office or from the National Institute for Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857.

The entrants into the Teen Challenge Program considered in the report were largely from the Brooklyn-New York City area (about 90%) and may not be characteristic of all areas. However, they are interesting in that they show that drug usage is found among all races, all education levels, among both married and single. Our personal research shows that drug usage is common also in persons from all economic levels, affluent, economically depressed, in city dwellers and among those who live in rural settings. It is a problem which will come to the attention of the Hygienic practitioner sooner or later in his practice and one that must be appropriately addressed by him/her.

Home > Lesson 82 – The Adolescent And Hygienic Living

  • 1. Teenagers—An Endangered Species
  • 2. Teen Challenge—Enlightening Statistics
  • 3. Working With Teenagers
  • 4. Questions & Answers
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