ArticleJournal of injury & violence research2020
Substance use and sociodemographic correlates among adolescents in a low-income sub Saharan setting.
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- Identifying Predictors of Problematic Substance Use Among Youth Living with HIV in Uganda: A Machine Learning Approach.AIDS and behavior · 2025Article
- Determinants of substance use among adolescents aged 10-19 years in Tanga Region, Eastern Tanzania: A cross-sectional analysis.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
- Prevalence and correlates of substance use among school-going adolescents (11-18years) in eight Sub-Saharan Africa countries.Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy · 2023Article
- Prevalence and factors associated with substance use among HIV positive youth attending HIV care and treatment centers in Dodoma, Tanzania.AIDS research and therapy · 2022Article
- Upregulation of Uric Acid Production and Caspase 3 Signalling Mediates Rohypnol-Induced Cardiorenal Damage.Cardiovascular toxicology · 2022Article
- Prevalence of substance use and associated factors among secondary school adolescents in Kilimanjaro region, northern Tanzania.PloS one · 2022Article
- Parental support and monitoring as associated with adolescent alcohol and tobacco use by gender and age.BMC public health · 2021Article
- Recreational drug use among Nigerian university students: Prevalence, correlates and frequency of use.PloS one · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe present study investigated the social and behavioral correlates of substance use, specifically bang or cocaine or similar drugs among a school-based sample of adolescents in a low-income urban setting.
methodsThe study utilized data on 2,176 school-attending adolescents aged 11-16 years in Dar es Salaam (DES) to examine social and behavioral correlates for lifetime substance use. The correlates under investigation included, demographic - age and gender; social - poverty, parent-adolescent relationship; behavioral - truancy, aggressive behavior, injury risk; psychological - depression and suicide ideation. Bivariate and multivariate analyses were then carried out on several variables identified from the 2006 Tanzanian Global School-based Health Survey (GSHS) questionnaire.
resultsApproximately seven percent of school-attending adolescents (n=144) reported having used an illicit substance at least once during their lifetime. After adding significantly associated covariates into a logistic regression model, we found that only truancy [OR= 2.29 (CI=1.07 - 4.90)], suicide ideation [OR=4.36 (2.32 - 8.19)] and parents who had checked their adolescents' homework (OR=0.56 (CI=0.32 - 1.00)] were significantly associated with reported substance use.
conclusionsOur results suggest that health promotion programs should simultaneously target multiple factors associated with substance use behaviors among school-attending adolescents in Dar es Salaam. They should take into account the range of psychosocial characteristics of school-attending adolescents which may be impacted by or result from substance use.
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