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Substance use and associated factors among Debre Berhan University students, Central Ethiopia

Overview of attention for article published in Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, April 2018
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Title
Substance use and associated factors among Debre Berhan University students, Central Ethiopia
Published in
Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, April 2018
DOI 10.1186/s13011-018-0150-9
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Tesfay Birhane Gebremariam, Kalayu Birhane Mruts, Tedla Kutaye Neway

Abstract

Being a global burden of youths, substances use is unhealthy behavior that exposes youths to health and social problems. Knowledge of the prevalence and predictors of substance use behavior among university students is important for designing periodic and locally appropriate interventions. This study is conducted to assess the prevalence and predicators of substances among Debre Berhan University students. Cross-sectional quantitative study was employed in May 2016. Stratified two-stage sampling technique was applied to choose 695 students. Substance use behaviors were assessed using tools derived from World Health Organization Model Students' Substance Use Core Questionnaire. The lifetime utilization of alcohol, khat and cigarette among students was found to be 36.3%, 10.9% and 7.4% respectively. The lifetime utilization of shisha and cannabis was 4.2% and 4.5% respectively. About 17%, 5.7%, and 3.1% of students are currently using alcohol, Khat and Cigarette respectively. Using multivariate binary logistic regression, being male, feeding out of the university café, being from private preparatory school, having higher monthly income, having substance user families and friends were found to be variables significantly associated with students' substance use behaviors. The current prevalence of substances use among Debre Berhan University students is low comparing to other Ethiopian and African universities. Youth are starting substance use at lower grades especially at preparatory schools. Substance use behaviors are affected by complex factors at individual, family, school, social, and environmental factors. Therefore, strategies to alleviate youth substance use problems should focus on changing individual perception, knowledge, and intention towards substances. There is a need for further research with more powerful sample size and weighted estimates using complex analysis. Reasons for lower prevalence of substance use from other Ethiopian universities shall be further explored using qualitative study.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 226 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 29 13%
Lecturer 17 8%
Researcher 14 6%
Student > Bachelor 14 6%
Student > Ph. D. Student 8 4%
Other 24 11%
Unknown 120 53%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Nursing and Health Professions 34 15%
Medicine and Dentistry 23 10%
Psychology 10 4%
Social Sciences 7 3%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 5 2%
Other 25 11%
Unknown 122 54%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 6. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 05 April 2018.
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#5,972,433
of 23,577,654 outputs
Outputs from Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy
#319
of 685 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#102,239
of 330,985 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy
#7
of 8 outputs
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