CARIBBEAN OBSERVATORIES MEETING BRIDGETOWN BARBADOS 14 16 JUNE 2005

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CARIBBEAN OBSERVATORIES MEETING BRIDGETOWN
BARBADOS14 16 JUNE 2005
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• PUBLIC SERVICE
• EMPLOYEES
• DRUG SURVEY
• GRENADA
• 2004

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• 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.

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

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

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• 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

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• DATA ENTRY
• Data entry personnel were trained
• Double entry
• Excel

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• PRELIMINARY
• RESULTS

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POPULATION COMPOSITION
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AGE/GENDER RELATION
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POSITION AT THE WORKPLACE BY GENDER
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LEVEL OF EDUCATION BY GENDER
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POLICY ON DRUGS AT THE WORKPLACE
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LIFETIME PREVALENCETOBACCO
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LIFETIME PREVALENCEALCOHOL
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• QUESTIONS

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• THANK
• YOU