Medical cannabis in schools: The experiences of caregivers.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Implementing medical cannabis (MC) into a child's daily routine can be challenging and there is a lack of guidance for its therapeutic use in schools in Canada. Our objective was to learn about the experiences of caregivers of school-aged children who require MC.

Methods

Qualitative description was used and caregivers were interviewed about MC in schools and in general. The transcripts were entered into Dedoose software for qualitative analysis and content analysis was performed. Sentences and statements were ascribed line by line into meaning units and labelled with codes, and organized according to categories and subcategories.

Results

Twelve caregivers of school-aged children who take MC participated. The most common reasons for treatment were drug-resis

SUBMITTER: Mansell H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10156934 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature