CARIBBEAN OBSERVATORIES MEETING BRIDGETOWN BARBADOS 14 – 16 JUNE 2005

PUBLIC SERVICE EMPLOYEES DRUG SURVEY GRENADA 2004

OBJECTIVE A‘ Public Service Employee Drug Survey’ was conducted to establish a database necessary to determine the prevalence and incidence of drug use among public service employees in the state of Grenada.

METHODOLOGY A census of all employees of the PUBLIC SERVICE was pursued. Statutory Bodies and Agencies were excluded.

Coordination Supervision Staff of the Ministry of Finance, Statistical Department Staff of the Drug Control Secretariat

DATA COLLECTION CHALLENGES Collecting data from employees who are field officers Employees who were on sick leave or vacation Employees who were late for work Employees who were reluctant to give drug related data Information was not given about the survey Some supervisors were not interested in the survey so employees were not motivated Various departments scattered in several locations

DATA ENTRY Data entry personnel were trained Double entry Excel

PRELIMINARY RESULTS

POPULATION COMPOSITION SEXFrequency Male552 Female1117 Not stated173 TOTAL1842

AGE/GENDER RELATION AGEMale (%)Female (%)Total (%) Less than 20 years to 30 years to 40 years to 50 years years TOTAL100.0

POSITION AT THE WORKPLACE BY GENDER POSITION AT THE WORKPLACE Male (%)Female (%)TOTAL Executive Management Professional Service worker/sales Unskilled Skilled tradesman Not stated

LEVEL OF EDUCATION BY GENDER LEVEL OF EDUCATION Male (%)Female (%)Frequency Incomplete primary Complete primary Incomplete secondary Complete secondary Incomplete vocational/technical Complete vocational/technical Incomplete higher Complete higher Not stated TOTAL

POLICY ON DRUGS AT THE WORKPLACE POLICYFrequency Yes588 No466 Don’t know670 Not stated118 TOTAL1842

LIFETIME PREVALENCE TOBACCO SMOKEDFREQUENCY YES497 NO1309 NOT STATED39 TOTAL1842

LIFETIME PREVALENCE ALCOHOL DRANK ALCOHOL FREQUENCY YES1400 NO305 NOT STATED137 TOTAL1842

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