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Magnitude and Associated Factors of Psychoactive Substance Use among Youths at Selected Administrative Towns of North Shewa Zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia
Youth and adolescent psychoactive substance use is a major public health problem worldwide which affects the health of individuals, families, and the community as a whole. This study was aimed at assessing the level of psychoactive substance use and the associated factors among the youths of North S...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10085653/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37051109 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2023/2124999 |
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author | Admasu Basha, Elyas Semu Tefera, Aklil Tesema Tilahun, Alemnesh Fenta Amede, Asrat |
author_facet | Admasu Basha, Elyas Semu Tefera, Aklil Tesema Tilahun, Alemnesh Fenta Amede, Asrat |
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description | Youth and adolescent psychoactive substance use is a major public health problem worldwide which affects the health of individuals, families, and the community as a whole. This study was aimed at assessing the level of psychoactive substance use and the associated factors among the youths of North Sowa zone, Amhara region, Ethiopia, 2020/21. Community based cross-sectional study design with a multistage sampling technique was used. A total of 632 youths were involved in the study. Linear logistic regression analysis was used for both bivariate and multivariate analysis. The prevalence of life time and current psychoactive substance use was found to be 66.1% and 65%, respectively. Male sex and history of substance use from family members and friends were significantly associated with psychoactive substance use. In this study, the prevalence of life time and current psychoactive substance use was high as compared to other studies conducted in Ethiopia. |
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spelling | pubmed-100856532023-04-11 Magnitude and Associated Factors of Psychoactive Substance Use among Youths at Selected Administrative Towns of North Shewa Zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia Admasu Basha, Elyas Semu Tefera, Aklil Tesema Tilahun, Alemnesh Fenta Amede, Asrat J Addict Research Article Youth and adolescent psychoactive substance use is a major public health problem worldwide which affects the health of individuals, families, and the community as a whole. This study was aimed at assessing the level of psychoactive substance use and the associated factors among the youths of North Sowa zone, Amhara region, Ethiopia, 2020/21. Community based cross-sectional study design with a multistage sampling technique was used. A total of 632 youths were involved in the study. Linear logistic regression analysis was used for both bivariate and multivariate analysis. The prevalence of life time and current psychoactive substance use was found to be 66.1% and 65%, respectively. Male sex and history of substance use from family members and friends were significantly associated with psychoactive substance use. In this study, the prevalence of life time and current psychoactive substance use was high as compared to other studies conducted in Ethiopia. Hindawi 2023-04-03 /pmc/articles/PMC10085653/ /pubmed/37051109 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2023/2124999 Text en Copyright © 2023 Elyas Admasu Basha et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Admasu Basha, Elyas Semu Tefera, Aklil Tesema Tilahun, Alemnesh Fenta Amede, Asrat Magnitude and Associated Factors of Psychoactive Substance Use among Youths at Selected Administrative Towns of North Shewa Zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia |
title | Magnitude and Associated Factors of Psychoactive Substance Use among Youths at Selected Administrative Towns of North Shewa Zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia |
title_full | Magnitude and Associated Factors of Psychoactive Substance Use among Youths at Selected Administrative Towns of North Shewa Zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia |
title_fullStr | Magnitude and Associated Factors of Psychoactive Substance Use among Youths at Selected Administrative Towns of North Shewa Zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia |
title_full_unstemmed | Magnitude and Associated Factors of Psychoactive Substance Use among Youths at Selected Administrative Towns of North Shewa Zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia |
title_short | Magnitude and Associated Factors of Psychoactive Substance Use among Youths at Selected Administrative Towns of North Shewa Zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia |
title_sort | magnitude and associated factors of psychoactive substance use among youths at selected administrative towns of north shewa zone, amhara region, ethiopia |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10085653/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37051109 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2023/2124999 |
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