Association of Attending a High-Performing High School With Substance Use Disorder Rate and Health Outcomes in Young Adults.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Interventions directly targeting social factors, such as education, may have the potential to greatly improve health.

Objective

To examine the association of attending a high-performing public charter high school with rates of substance use disorder and physical and mental health.

Design, setting, and participants

This cohort study used the random school admissions lottery system of high-performing public charter high schools in low-income neighborhoods of Los Angeles, California, to examine the health outcomes of students who applied to at least 1 of 5 of these high schools. Participants attended 147 different high schools and were randomly selected from those who won the admissions lottery (intervention group) and those who were placed on a waiting list (

SUBMITTER: Wong MD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9539718 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature