ArticleMalawi medical journal : the journal of Medical Association of Malawi2016
Risk perception and correlates of alcohol use among out-of-school youth in motor parks in Lagos State, Nigeria.
Article in Malawi medical journal : the journal of Medical Association of Malawi, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.
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- Mental health literacy among adolescents in Nigeria exposed to a school-based multidimensional intervention.Journal of the Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry = Journal de l'Academie canadienne de psychiatrie de l'enfant et de l'adolescent · 2025Article
- Analyzing big tobacco's global youth marketing strategies and factors influencing smoking initiation by Nigeria youths using the theory of triadic influence.BMC public health · 2020Article
- Post-Traumatic Stress, Quality of Life and Alcohol Use Problems among Out-of-School Youth.Psychiatry investigation · 2019Article
- Internalizing Symptoms as Mediators of Lifetime Incidence of Trauma and Quality of Life among Out-of-School Youths.Soa--ch'ongsonyon chongsin uihak = Journal of child & adolescent psychiatry · 2018Article
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Abstract
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aimThe prevalence of alcohol use has increased globally. Out-of-school youth are a vulnerable group who might have missed opportunities for learning healthy behaviours in a formal school environment. The purpose of this study was to determine the risk perception, pattern of use, and correlates of alcohol use among out-of-school youth in Lagos, Nigeria.
methodsA cross-sectional study was conducted among 380 out-of-school youth in motor parks in Lagos State, Nigeria, using interviewer administered questionnaires.
resultsThe lifetime prevalence of alcohol use was 61.1%, while 55.5% were current drinkers. Beer (57.3%) was the most consumed type of alcohol, followed by distilled spirits (29.8%). Using the CAGE scoring system, more than half (57.8%) of the current drinkers had a drinking problem. Almost three quarters (70.1%) had experienced at least one episode of alcohol intoxication within the past month. A considerable number of current drinkers (63.5%) desired to reduce their alcohol intake or stop drinking, while 45.5% had made unsuccessful attempts to do so within the past year. Only 28.9% had received assistance to quit or reduce their drinking and of these less than half (39.3%) received assistance from a professional or healthcare worker. Males were more likely to be current drinkers and to have experienced episodes of alcohol intoxication. Parental and peer drinking were associated with alcohol use but not with intoxication.
conclusionsIt is important to design specific programmes to reduce alcohol use among out-of-school youth in these settings.
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