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Health survey (Northern Ireland Civil Service Workforce Health Survey, 2000)

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The survey was commissioned by the NICS Workplace Health Committee as part of its Workplace Health Improvement Programme.1 It is one of the largest self-completion questionnaire workforce health surveys to have been undertaken in Northern Ireland. An anonymous self-completion questionnaire was sent to 28,937 staff in the NICS. Returns were received from 16,651 staff - a response rate of 57.5%

Summary of findings from the drugs section include:

  • While 17% of respondents reported that they had used drugs at some time in their lives, a much smaller proportion (3%) admitted to currently using drugs.
  • Just under one in 10 current users of drugs reported daily use (9.7%), while 40.4% reported using drugs at least once a week.
  • A third of all respondents (33.8%) said they would be interested in obtaining more information about the issues associated with drugs.

This report is available to download from www.nics.gov.uk (go to A-Z and find it under H).

Reference
  1. Addley K, Douglas V, Mallon J and Matthewson T. Northern Ireland Civil Service Workforce Health Survey 2000. Belfast: Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, 2000.
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