scholarly journals Substance use amongst secondary school students in a rural setting in South Africa: Prevalence and possible contributing factors

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Takalani G. Tshitangano ◽  
Oni H. Tosin
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Substance Abuse ◽  
Substance Use ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Survey Design ◽  
Limpopo Province ◽  
Rural Setting ◽  
Contributing Factors ◽  
School Students ◽  
Design Data

Introduction: This study determined the prevalence of substance abuse amongst rural secondary school learners in a selected province of South Africa.Methodology: The study adopted a quantitative approach using a descriptive survey design. Data were collected using a self-administered questionnaire from a total of 338 randomly selected learners, age 14 to 18 years, from 10 secondary schools that make up a rural Vhembedzi circuit in the Limpopo Province. Permission to enter the circuit and the schools was obtained from the circuit manager and parents’ or learners’ informed consent was obtained prior to data collection.Results: The majority of the participants (94% male, 98% female) had never used substances. Most of the learners started using substances between the ages 15 to 20 years. The majority of learners who were using substances were male. Of the respondents, all the female (100%) students reported to have stopped substance abuse. The majority (63% male, 50% female) of the learners tried to stop substance abuse but failed. Most of the learners (72% male, 71% female) did not have family members who were substance users. The majority of the students attested that substances can be easily obtained in their communities or villages. The majority (68%) of the leaners knew that substance abuse is dangerous to health.Conclusion and recommendation: Rural secondary school learners in South Africa have a low prevalence rate of substance abuse. Hence, there is a need for a counselling program in each school to provide support and refer such learners to an appropriate institution for rehabilitation.Keywords:Prevalence of substance abuse; age of debut for substance use; possible contributing factors to substance abuse.

scholarly journals Social Variables and Dropout Tendencies among Secondary School Students in Ikom Education Zone, Cross River State, Nigeria

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (8) ◽  
pp. 88
Author(s):  
Joy N. Njoku ◽  
Edna A. Osang ◽  
Blessing A. Ntamu
Keyword(s):  
Substance Abuse ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Survey Design ◽  
Family Type ◽  
Social Variables ◽  
School Students ◽  
Cross River ◽  
Cross River State ◽  
Teacher Student

This study was on social variables and dropout tendencies among secondary school students in Ikom education zone, Cross River State, Nigeria. The social variables considered were substance abuse, family type and teacher/students relationship. Out of population of 7228 students, sample of 506 students were randomly selected for the study. A survey design was adopted. The instrument used for data collection was questionnaires titled ‘Social Variables and Dropout Tendencies Questionnaire’. Three hypotheses were formulated and tested at .05 level of significant. The statistical tools used are Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient and Independent t-test. The results showed that there was significant relationship between (i) substance abuse and dropout tendencies. (ii) family type and dropout tendencies (iii) teacher/student relationship and dropout tendencies. The results were discussed and the researchers recommended that: (i) students be monitored and counseled against substance abuse both at home and in school. (ii) parents should for the sake of their children stay together and train them. (iii) teachers should create conducive and favourable environment for the students to learn.

scholarly journals Drug-Substance Abuse, Age at Onset and Contributing Factors to Stoppage of Drug Use among Students in Aluu Community

2021 ◽  
pp. 177-183
Author(s):  
Chigozie Njoku ◽  
Vivian Oparah
Keyword(s):  
Substance Abuse ◽  
Substance Use ◽  
Drug Use ◽  
Age At Onset ◽  
Drug Substance ◽  
Religious Leaders ◽  
Contributing Factors ◽  
School Students ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Personal Decision

Background: Most drug-substance abusers do have withdrawal symptoms considering the type of drug. Some of the symptoms include: changes in appetite, changes in mood, congestion, seizure, fatigue etc. These symptoms make it difficult for someone to effectively withdraw. It therefore means that for someone to effectively withdraw from drug abuse, there are other factors that must come into play to enhance success. Hence, this study was done to determine the contributing factors to stoppage of drug use among students in university of Port Harcourt’s host communities as an attempt to curb the menace and its effect on students and the entire society at large. Materials and Methods: The study was a descriptive cross-sectional study carried out in ALUU Community in Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State between August 2019 and December 2019. The study involved 150 volunteers recruited randomly through a multi-staged sampling technique which included secondary school students, undergraduates who are 13yrs and above residing in ALUU community while those who did not give consent were excluded. The data was collected using self-structured close-ended self-administered questionnaires and data analysis done using SPSS version 25.  Results and Discussions: The results of the study showed that the proportion of students that have stopped drug/substance abuse was 7.34%, the most prevalent age group at onset of drug use was 16-18yrs, and 26.42% of students used drugs/substance daily. The most prevalent reason for stopping drug use was personal decision 54.55%, while the least proportion was other reason 9.09%; Family and religious leaders had equal influence (45.45%) in the stoppage of drug/substance use by students. Conclusion: The results of the study showed that the most prevalent reason for stopping drug use was personal decision 54.55%, Family and religious leaders (45.45%) were the major contributing factors and had equal influence in the stoppage of drug/substance use by students.

scholarly journals Contributing Factors of Substance Abuse among Secondary Level School Students in Bharatpur Metropolitan

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-76
Author(s):  
Alisha Gurung ◽  
Hari Prasad Kaphle
Keyword(s):  
Substance Abuse ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Illicit Drugs ◽  
School Setting ◽  
Stressful Events ◽  
Substance Abuser ◽  
School Level ◽  
Contributing Factors ◽  
School Students ◽  
Cross Sectional

Introduction: Substance abuse is harmful or hazardous use of psychoactive substance including alcohol and illicit drugs. This study aimed to assess the prevalence and contributing factors for substance abuse among secondary school level students in Bharatpur Metropolitan. Methods: A cross sectional study was carried out among 495 students of grade 11 and 12 in secondary school setting in Bharatpur metropolitan from June to December, 2019. Data were collected using self-administered anonymous questionnaire. Chi-square test was performed to find out the association between dependent and independent variables and crude odd ratio was obtained to measure the strength of association. Results: The result of the study showed that 18.8% participants were currently involving in substance abuse. Alcohol was found to be most commonly abused substance by participants. Substance abuse was significantly associated with male students (OR=11.903, 95% CI: 6.395-22.157), high monthly household income abuse (OR=1.709, 95% CI: 1.085-2.691), time spent on internet more than one hour per day (OR=2.401, 95% CI: 1.388-4.153), no control over internet by others (OR= 2.578, 95% CI: 1.574-4.224), management students (OR= 1.678, 95% CI: 1.011-2.286), absence school more than 4 days in a month (OR= 2.401, 95% CI: 1.338-4.153), students living with others than family members (OR= 2.577, 95% CI: 1.339-4.958), substance abuser in family (OR= 2.701, 95% CI: 1.667-4.377), sibling abuse substances (OR= 4.757, 95% CI:1.467-15.248), substance abuser in close friend circle (OR= 11.204, 95% CI: 6.693-4.18.755), friends insisted/enforced to take substances (OR= 2.978, 95% CI: 1.409-6.294), substance abuser in neighborhood (OR= 2.866, 95% CI:1.777-4.621)  and stressful events (OR= 2.434, 95% CI: 1.130-5.243). Conclusion: The study concluded that various socio-demographic, socio economic, technological, educational, environmental and psychological factors play significant role in substance abuse among secondary school students. It is recommended to observe and monitor activities of adolescents regularly, provide a suitable and supportive environment to adolescents and provide school, community and health facility based awareness, counselling and problem solving approaches for adolescents to solve the problem of substance abuse.  

The Prevalence of Suicidal Behaviours among Secondary School Adolescents in the Limpopo Province, South Africa

2003 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 126-132 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. N. Madu ◽  
M. P. Matla
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Drug Abuse ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Attempted Suicide ◽  
Demographic Data ◽  
Limpopo Province ◽  
Suicidal Thoughts ◽  
Drug Overdoses ◽  
Commit Suicide

The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of suicidal behaviours among secondary school adolescents in the Limpopo Province. The participants in this study were 435 secondary school adolescents from Polokwane and surrounds. Two hundred and forty-three (56%) participants were female, and 192 (44%) were male. They were aged between 15 and 19 years, with a mean age of 17.25 years ( SD = 1.34). A questionnaire was used to record participants' demographic data and suicidal behaviours, including suicidal thoughts and threats, plans, and attempts to commit suicide). Thirty-seven percent of the secondary school adolescents surveyed indicated having thought of taking their own lives; 17% had made threats or informed others about their suicidal intentions; 16% had made plans to take their own lives but did not carry them through; 21% reported having attempted to take their own lives. These results indicate that a higher percentage of males than females had attempted suicide. The most frequent method used for attempting suicide was self-poisoning (44% of the attempters), followed by drug overdoses (25.3%), hanging (22%), self-stabbing (2.2%), and other methods, such as, jumping from heights, starvation, and drug abuse (6.6%).

Availability of Print Resources as a Factor Affecting Reading Culture of Secondary School Students in Edo State, Nigeria

Libri ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 70 (2) ◽  
pp. 157-167
Author(s):  
Christopher Osaretin Ukpebor
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Survey Design ◽  
Weighted Average ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
School Students ◽  
Poor Reading ◽  
Edo State ◽  
Reading Culture

AbstractStudies have shown that Nigerians have a poor reading culture which could be as a result of several factors including unavailability of print resources. Literature has revealed that the quality of reading by secondary school students in Edo State was regrettably on the decline and that inadequate use of print resources was a major factor. The descriptive survey design of correlational type was adopted for the study. Stratified multi-stage sampling technique was adopted in selecting participants for this study. Fifty percent was used to select nine local governments, 10 % to select public and private secondary schools from the already selected nine local governments, making a total of 65 schools. From each of the selected 65 schools, a sampling fraction of 11 % was used to select a total of 895 students for the study. A questionnaire was used for students while an interview checklist was used for school principals in justification of the students’ responses. Regression analysis (at 0.05 level of significance) was used to analyse the data. Findings revealed that secondary school students in Edo State have print resources readily available, while secondary school students had a poor reading culture with the weighted average of 3.06. The effect of print resources (β = 0.141; p < 0.05) in predicting students’ reading culture was significant. Conclusively, the study showed that secondary school students in Edo State have a poor reading culture irrespective of the availability of print resources.

scholarly journals Factors affecting behaviours that address HIV risk among a sample of junior secondary school students in the Northern Province, South Africa

2002 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Karl Peltzer
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Hiv Risk ◽  
Full Text ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Northern Province ◽  
School Students ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Junior Secondary School ◽  
Junior Secondary

The purpose of this study was to identify factors affecting HIV risk reduction among junior secondary school pupils in South Africa. Opsomming Die doel van hierdie studie was om HIV risiko reduksie faktore onder junior sekondêre skool leerlinge in Suid-Afrika te identifiseer. *Please note: This is a reduced version of the abstract. Please refer to PDF for full text.

Adolescent methamphetamine use and sexual risk behaviour in secondary school students in Cape Town, South Africa

2008 ◽  
Vol 27 (6) ◽  
pp. 687-692 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANDREAS PLÜDDEMANN ◽  
ALAN J. FLISHER ◽  
CATHERINE MATHEWS ◽  
TARA CARNEY ◽  
CARL LOMBARD
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Sexual Risk ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Cape Town ◽  
Risk Behaviour ◽  
Sexual Risk Behaviour ◽  
School Students ◽  
Methamphetamine Use

scholarly journals A study on prevalence of alcohol consumption among higher secondary school students in Theni district, Tamil Nadu

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 226
Author(s):  
Shankareswari S. ◽  
Jayapriya B. ◽  
Sandeep K. ◽  
Lourdu Jafrin A.
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Alcohol Use ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
Contributing Factors ◽  
School Students ◽  
School Based ◽  
Effective Interventions ◽  
Validated Questionnaire

Background: Studies show that in India, the health loss from alcohol will grow larger, unless effective interventions are implemented. Initiation of alcohol intake starts from a very early age and is higher in rural areas. The best way to reduce alcoholism is prevention rather than curing the already addicted persons. For this we need to know the magnitude of this problem. This study is aimed at estimating the prevalence, identifying the causative and contributing factors of alcoholism among higher secondary school children of Theni district.Methods: A self-administered validated questionnaire was given to the male school students of 15 to 17 years (XI and XII students) to assess the prevalence and pattern of alcohol use among them. The questionnaire was prepared with reference from the global school-based student health survey (GSHS), the alcohol use disorders identification test (AUDIT) questionnaire and the cut-annoyed-guilty- eye (CAGE) questionnaire. Data analysis was done using software OpenEpi, Version 3.Results: A total of 500 students were analyzed with a response rate of 94% (n=470). The overall prevalence of alcohol use was found to be 31.06%. Nearly 70% had the possibility of alcoholism and should be investigated further for severity of alcohol use, 30% had impaired control over drinking almost daily and 17% had injury or injured someone because of drinking.Conclusions: The mean age of initiation of alcohol consumption is decreasing and the number of alcohol consumers is increasing.

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