ArticlePloS one2020
Alcohol and substance use among first-year students at the University of Nairobi, Kenya: Prevalence and patterns.
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Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Feasibility and Acceptability of a Peer-delivered Substance Use Screening and Brief Intervention for Youth Attending Rafiki Clinic in Eldoret, Kenya
A Pilot Study to Evaluate the Feasibility & Acceptability of a Peer-mentor Delivered Substance Use Screening and Brief Intervention for Adolescents in Kenya
Who cites it
20 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Substance use among young people in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Pooled it
- Embodied cognition driven Qigong: a cross-sectional study and a pilot randomized controlled trial on managing depression and preventing relapse in substance dependence.Frontiers in public health · 2024Trial
- Determining adverse childhood experiences and their association with substance use among young adults in universities and colleges in Mombasa County, Kenya.Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy · 2026Article
- Adolescents' awareness of and attitudes towards alcohol and substance use in Kenya.BMC public health · 2026Article
- A pilot study of alcohol and substance use, mental health symptoms and social vulnerabilities among youth in Nairobi's informal settlements.Global mental health (Cambridge, England) · 2025Article
- Prevalence and associated factors of mental and substance use problems among adults in Kenya: A community-based cross-sectional study.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
- Psychoactive substance use among medical and paramedical undergraduate students of Lucknow.Journal of education and health promotion · 2025Article
- Understanding stigma and attitudes towards hepatitis B among university students in Australia of Chinese and Vietnamese background.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Burden of alcohol and other substance use and correlates among undergraduate students at Busitema University in rural Eastern Uganda after COVID-19 lockdown.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- High prevalence and co-occurrence of modifiable risk factors for non-communicable diseases among university students: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Adapting a substance use screening and brief intervention for peer-delivery and for youth in Kenya.SSM. Mental health · 2023Article
- Association of Social Network Characteristics with Substance Use among College-Going Young Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study.Indian journal of psychological medicine · 2023Article
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- Effects of common interest groups on rural women and youth livelihood: A qualitative study from Central Ethiopia.PloS one · 2023Article
- Polydrug Use among Students in a Public University in a Lower Middle-Income Country.BioMed research international · 2023Article
- Substance use and associated factors among high school students in Northwest Ethiopia.The Pan African medical journal · 2023Article
- Student peer mentoring: Feasibility and acceptability of mHealth-based tool for alcohol and substance abuse prevention by peer mentors at a university in Kenya.PLOS digital health · 2023Article
- Current state of cannabis use, policies, and research across sixteen countries: cross-country comparisons and international perspectives.Trends in psychiatry and psychotherapy · 2022Article
- Family Function Impacts Relapse Tendency in Substance Use Disorder: Mediated Through Self-Esteem and Resilience.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
- Depression and its associated factors: perceived stress, social support, substance use and related sociodemographic risk factors in medical school residents in Nairobi, Kenya.BMC psychiatry · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectiveIncrease in alcohol and substance use among college students is a global public health concern. It is associated with the risk of alcohol and substance use disorders to the individual concerned and public health problems to their family and society. Among students there is also the risk of poor academic performance, taking longer to complete their studies or dropping out of university. This study determined the prevalence and patterns of alcohol and substance use of students at the entry to the university.
methodA total of 406 (50.7% male) students were interviewed using the Assessment of Smoking and Substance Involvement Test (ASSIST) and the Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Tool (AUDIT). Bivariate logistic regression analyses were used to examine associations between substance use and students' socio-demographic characteristics. Multivariate logistic regression analysis was conducted to examine the predictors of the lifetime and current alcohol and substance use.
resultsLifetime and current alcohol and substance use prevalence were 103 (25%) and 83 (20%) respectively. Currently frequently used substances were alcohol 69 (22%), cannabis 33 (8%) and tobacco 28 (7%). Poly-substance use was reported by 48 (13%) respondents, the main combinations being cannabis, tobacco, and alcohol. Students living in private hostels were four times more likely to be current substance users compared with those living on campus (OR = 4.7, 95% CI: 2.0, 10.9).
conclusionA quarter of the study respondents consumed alcohol and/or substances at the entry to university pushing the case for early intervention strategies to delay initiation of alcohol and substance use and to reduce the associated harmful consequences.
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