%0 Thesis
%9 Bachelor
%A Vries, Olaf de
%D 2023
%F theses_frw:4137
%P 34
%T Higher education students’ decision-making about drug use: How does this relate to their level of health literacy?
%U https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/4137/
%X This research will examine whether higher education students in Groningen know about the risks and negative effects of drug use, and are able to make well-informed decisions about drug use, taking all the influencing factors on their decision-making into account. Furthermore, the influence of health literacy on the decision-making process of drug use among higher education students in Groningen will be examined.  A qualitative research approach was adopted, conducting semi-structured in-depth interviews with 8 higher education students about their decision-making process of drug use. The following themes were identified; motives, opinions, influencing factors, knowledge about risks, prevention, and health literacy. The results were coded and analysed which resulted in the following outcomes.  Higher education students in Groningen possess adequate knowledge about the risks of drug use but chose to ignore the possessed knowledge because social factors were more influential in their decision-making process.