Cannabis and Amphetamine Use and Associated Factors Among School-Going Adolescents in Nine African Countries

IF 0.6 4区医学 Q2 Social Sciences

JOURNAL OF CHILD & ADOLESCENT SUBSTANCE ABUSE Pub Date : 2018-01-24 DOI:10.1080/1067828X.2017.1420512

K. Peltzer, S. Pengpid

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Abstract

ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of cannabis and amphetamine use and associated factors among adolescents in nine African countries. We analyzed cross-sectional data from 25,372 adolescents (mean age 14.3 years, SD = 1.6) from nine African countries that participated in the Global School-Based Student Health Survey (GSHS) in 2009–2013. Information was collected with a self-administered structured questionnaire. Overall, past-month cannabis use was 4.1% and lifetime amphetamine use was 5.1% among students. In multivariable unconditional regression analysis older age, personal attributes (suicidal ideation, current smoking, school truancy, and having had two or more sexual partners), smoking status of the father and/or mother, and environmental stressors (having experienced hunger, been bullied, having been in a physical fight and having been attacked) were associated with both past-month cannabis and lifetime amphetamine use. Measures to prevent and control cannabis and amphetamine use should include personal attributes (suicidal ideation, school truancy, and HIV sexual risk behavior) and environmental stressors (food insecurity and violence).

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9个非洲国家学龄青少年吸食大麻和安非他命及其相关因素

本研究的目的是评估9个非洲国家青少年大麻和安非他命使用的流行程度及其相关因素。我们分析了2009-2013年参加全球校本学生健康调查(GSHS)的9个非洲国家25,372名青少年(平均年龄14.3岁，SD = 1.6)的横断面数据。通过自我管理的结构化问卷收集信息。总体而言，过去一个月吸食大麻的学生占4.1%，终身吸食安非他明的学生占5.1%。在多变量无条件回归分析中，年龄、个人属性(自杀念头、当前吸烟、逃学、有两个或两个以上的性伴侣)、父亲和/或母亲的吸烟状况、环境压力因素(经历过饥饿、被欺负、有过打架和被攻击)与过去一个月的大麻和终生的安非他明使用有关。预防和控制大麻和安非他明使用的措施应包括个人因素(自杀意念、逃学和艾滋病毒性风险行为)和环境压力因素(粮食不安全和暴力)。

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse addresses the treatment of substance abuse in all ages of children. With the growing magnitude of the problem of substance abuse among children and youth, this is an essential forum for the dissemination of descriptive or investigative efforts with this population. The journal serves as a vehicle for communication and dissemination of information to the many practitioners and researchers working with these young people. With this singular mission in mind, the Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse provides subscribers with one source for obtaining current, useful information regarding state-of-the-art approaches to the strategies and issues in the assessment, prevention, and treatment of adolescent substance abuse.