ArticleMalawi medical journal : the journal of Medical Association of Malawi2016
Correlates of cannabis use among high school students in Shamva District, Zimbabwe: A descriptive cross-sectional study.
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- Substance use among young people in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Pooled it
- Smoked or Bewitched? The Relationship Between Cannabis Use and Mental Illness Among the Shona Persons in Zimbabwe.Culture, medicine and psychiatry · 2025Article
- The prevalence of tobacco, alcohol, stimulant, khat, and cannabis use among school-going students in African and Arab countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Osong public health and research perspectives · 2025Article
- Prevalence, correlates, and reasons for substance use among adolescents aged 10-17 in Ghana: a cross-sectional convergent parallel mixed-method study.Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy · 2024Article
- Prevalence of substance use and associated factors among secondary school adolescents in Kilimanjaro region, northern Tanzania.PloS one · 2022Article
- Alcohol and illicit drug use among young people living with HIV compared to their uninfected peers from the Kenyan coast: prevalence and risk indicators.Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy · 2021Article
- The Risky Health Behaviours of Male Adolescents in the Southern Italian Region: Implications for Sexual and Reproductive Disease.Journal of clinical medicine · 2019Article
- Prevalence and predictors of alcohol and drug use among secondary school students in Botswana: a cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2018Article
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Abstract
backgroundWe set out to determine the predisposing, enabling, and reinforcing factors that influence cannabis use in young people aged 13 to 19 years in Shamva District, Zimbabwe.
methodsA descriptive cross-sectional study focusing on the correlates of cannabis use was conducted among 311 school-going adolescents who were selected using multistage sampling.
resultsEight percent of the students in our sample reported current use of cannabis. Associations were found between cannabis use and alcohol consumption (P < 0.001), cigarette smoking (P < 0.001), and having had engaged in sexual intercourse (P < 0.001). Significant relationships were found between recreational use of cannabis and having family members, friends, and parents who have used cannabis (P < 0.001).
conclusionsStudents who reported using alcohol, smoking cigarettes, and having had engaged in sexual activity were more likely to use cannabis. There is need for identification of these risky behaviours among students, and ecological frameworks and holistic approaches in health promotion programming should be fostered in an effort to increase awareness of the potential harmful effects of cannabis use on adolescents' health and life outcomes.
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