Psychosocial and Health Aspects of Drug Use by Students in Public Secondary Schools in Nairobi, Kenya

Autor/inn/en	Ndetei, David M.; Khasakhala, Lincoln I.; Mutiso, Victoria; Ongecha-Owuor, Francisca A.; Kokonya, Donald A.
Titel	Psychosocial and Health Aspects of Drug Use by Students in Public Secondary Schools in Nairobi, Kenya
Quelle	In: Substance Abuse, 30 (2009) 1, S.61-68 (8 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0889-7077
Schlagwörter	Secondary School Students; Boarding Schools; Attendance; Drug Abuse; Drug Use; Foreign Countries; Questionnaires; Substance Abuse; Correlation; Age Differences; Gender Differences; Attendance Patterns; Student Characteristics; Intervention; Family Influence; Student Behavior; Psychological Patterns; Social Influences; Mental Health; Physical Health; Kenya + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sekundarschüler; Boarding school; Internat; Anwesenheit; Drug consumption; Substance abuse; Drogenkonsum; Ausland; Fragebogen; Drug use; Drug consomption; Korrelation; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Geschlechterkonflikt; Student behaviour; Schülerverhalten; Sozialer Einfluss; Psychohygiene; Gesundheitszustand; Kenia
Abstract	The objective of this study was to evaluate the influence of family, psychosocial, health, demographic, and behavioral characteristics on regular drug use. All the students of 17 randomly stratified public secondary schools in Nairobi were required to complete self-administered sociodemographic and the Drug Use Screening Inventory-Revised (DUSI-R) questionnaires in a cross-sectional descriptive study. All the 1328 students, of whom 58.9% were male, responded to all the questions, giving a response rate of 100%. The mean age of the respondents was 16 years and 78.1% were in boarding school. One third (33.9%) scored positively for substance abuse. Significant correlations were found between several domains of substance abuse and school, class, mode of school attendance, age, and gender. Students abusing drugs have multiple comorbidity of medical, psychological, and social pathologies. There are evidence-based intervention entry points for drug abuse that go beyond mere impartation on knowledge about the harmful effects of drugs. (Contains 3 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10