ArticleBMC public health2016
Alcohol use in South Sudan in relation to social factors, mental distress and traumatic events.
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- Development of the South Sudan Mental Health Assessment Scale.Transcultural psychiatry · 2022Trial
- Young Women's Perspectives on Alcohol Environments in Urban Informal Settlements in Kampala, Uganda: An Exploratory Photovoice Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Article
- A Community Empowerment Framework to Promote Social Connection and Engagement of South Sudanese Youth in Australia.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Prevalence and patterns of substance use in conflict-affected settings: findings of a cross-sectional study from south-central Somalia.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
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- Combining a guided self-help and brief alcohol intervention to improve mental health and reduce substance use among refugee men in Uganda: a cluster-randomized feasibility trial.Global mental health (Cambridge, England) · 2024Article
- Alcohol consumption and associated factors among undergraduate regular students in Wolaita Sodo University, Southern Ethiopia, 2021: a cross-sectional study.The Pan African medical journal · 2023Article
- Risk factors for cardiovascular disease among people with mental illness in Namibia.Ghana medical journal · 2022Observational
- Burden of diseases and injuries attributable to alcohol consumption in the Middle East and North Africa region, 1990-2019.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Pre-migration traumatic experiences, post-migration perceived discrimination and substance use among Russian and Kurdish migrants-a population-based study.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2020Article
- Mental distress and associated factors among undergraduate students at the University of Hargeisa, Somaliland: a cross-sectional study.International journal of mental health systems · 2017Article
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Abstract
backgroundAlcohol use is a major public health problem with vast implications for poor, war-torn countries. The objective of this study was to describe prevalence of alcohol use and risky drinking across socio-demographic factors in South Sudan, and to determine the association between risky drinking, traumatic events and mental distress.
methodsThis is a randomized, population based, cross-sectional study from the north-western part of South Sudan with nearly 500 participants. We used the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) as main outcome variable, the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-28) for mental distress and five questions to assess traumatic events.
resultsThe mean AUDIT score was 2.7 (SD 0.3) with 14,2 % in the high risk problem drinking category. Being male, lack of a regular income and psychological distress were significantly associated with higher AUDIT score. Traumatic events, however, was not associated with higher score on AUDIT.
conclusionDespite decades of civil war and great poverty the alcohol use in this population was at the same level as other countries in Southern Africa. Traumatic events were not related to risk of problem drinking.
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