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Journal of Evidence Based Medicine and Healthcare, 2017
BACKGROUND According to UNDCP World Drug Report, the problem of substance abuse in adolescence is fast assuming alarming proportions in both developed and developing nations. Kullu District of Himachal Pradesh has regularly been in media headlines for extensive cannabis cultivation and abuse of other substances. The study was conducted to provide an essential source of information about substance abuse and its correlates in this Himalayan region. MATERIALS AND METHODS This was a descriptive school-based cross-sectional study conducted among students (13-19 years) studying in classes 7 th to 12 th. Multi-stage cluster random design and PPS sampling methodology was adopted. A sample of 3000 students both from rural and urban areas studying in 20 government and private senior secondary schools was selected. An anonymous, pretested, self-administered questionnaire adapted from WHO and ESPAD questionnaires was used to collect relevant information. Statistical analysis was done by entering the data in SPSS. RESULTS The ultimate response rate was 98.5%. Out of the total of 2864 participants, 785 (27.4%; 95%, CI 25.8% to 29.1%) had indulged in substance abuse at least once in their lifetime. Prevalence of current and regular users was 13.8% (95%, CI 12.5% to 15.1%) and 4.1% (95%, CI 3.4% to 4.9%), respectively. Alcohol was the most commonly abused substance among ever users at 18.1% followed by tobacco (17.6%) and cannabis (6.2%). Around 85% of the students perceived indulgence in substance abuse to be harmful for health. The logistic regression model revealed that substance abuse among friends (AOR 5.32), family members (AOR 2.04), inability to spend quality time with parents (AOR 2.44), gender (AOR 1.68) and older age group of 16-19 years (AOR 1.51) were the factors found to be positively associated with substance abuse. CONCLUSION The study has brought out a high prevalence of substance abuse among the students. The participants' high knowledge about deleterious effects of substance abuse did not translate into any beneficial behavioural change. Hence, scaling up of IEC activities and life skill education focussed on school going adolescents is imperative. Further, the negative influence of family abuse practices and inability to spend quality time with their wards highlights the necessity to include parents in any awareness campaign being planned.
IOSR Journals , 2019
A teenager, or teen, is a young person whose age falls within the range from thirteen through nineteen (13–19).1 According to 2011 population census of India, 170 million are in their teens constituting 14% of the country’s population.2 As they stand at the crossroads between childhood and adulthood, so do societies at large – the crossroads between losing out on the potential of a generation or nurturing them to transform society. The present study done with the objectives To study the prevalence of substance use, To study the pattern of various substances use. Methods: A community based cross sectional study was done in teenagers in schools and colleges in and around Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, during the period of November 2017 to April 2019. Selected schools and colleges in Visakhapatnam which we chose government and private educational institutes randomly, and permission was obtained from the respective heads of institutions prior to the test. We informed their right to refuse test. Results: In the present study, a total of 2500 students were analyzed. In the present study, 70% students were from government institutions and the rest 30% belonged to private institutions. 47% of urban students were using beer followed by toddy (14%) and tobacco (3.7%). In our study toddy was commonly abused drug in government institutes (68%) followed by beer (8.4%).In private institutes toddy (52%) is the most commonly used followed by beer (24%) and tobacco (2.5%).
Journal of Health and Allied Sciences
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 ...
Substance abuse – An emerging problem among school-going adolescents of Jaipur, Rajasthan
Asian Journal of Medical Sciences, 2022
Background: Adolescents are a relatively healthy group, but their developmental stage makes them vulnerable to many risk-taking behaviors. One such major issue is substance abuse. Aims and Objectives: This study aims to determine substance abuse behavior among school-going adolescents of Jaipur city and factors associated with it. Materials and Methods: An observational, cross-sectional study was conducted from July 2015 to February 2016. A total of 900 school-going adolescents were enrolled from eight schools of Jaipur city and the Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) questionnaire was administered. Results: Most of the participants (67.56%) were in the age group of 13-16 years. Twelve adolescents out of 900 (1.34 %) in the given sample were taking drugs. Out of these, 66.67% took drugs 1 or 2 times in their life so far, while 33% took it 3-9 times. Majority 91.66% of the drug users were from government school (9 times more risk), 9/12 (75%) of the drug users were males. A total of 10% (90/900) of the study population were consuming tobacco. All of these adolescents smoke and 87.78% (79/90) chew tobacco. Conclusion: Although proportion seems less, yet the age at which these young students have been exposed to and indulged in substance abuse is a matter of concern.
Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine, 2013
Currently there is an increasing trend of substance abuse in developing countries like India. This study attempted to identify the different predisposing factors, associated psycho-social and medical problems, prevalence and types of substance abuse in students. The study covered a cross-section of 720 students with an overall male to female ratio of 4.1:1. The majority of the sufferers were from middle socioeconomic class, aged between 15 and 19 years. Common substances of abuse were chewable tobacco and cannabis. The risk of abuse was more in hostellers hailing from broken families (62.5%). Friends had the highest influence (59%). Most of them (49.4%) tried multiple times to give up, but peer pressure (53%) compelled them to restart. In 60.8% cases the parents were completely unaware about this behavior. The commonly associated problems were psychological (34.3%) and medical (29.5%). Our study at the end points out major risk factors and their remedial measures to curb substance abuse.
https://www.ijhsr.org/IJHSR\_Vol.8\_Issue.3\_March2018/IJHSR\_Abstract.026.html, 2018
Adolescents are a positive force of a nation and are responsible for its future productivity. Adolescents are those in the age group of 10-19 years which constitute over 23% of the population in India. Adolescence's period of nature is exploration and exploitation. In both developed and developing countries, adolescents face overwhelming problems such as early pregnancy, substance abuse, and violence is making them more vulnerable to life-threatening disease condition. The study population (N=320; M=75; F=245) comprised of adolescents in the age group of 12-18 years studying in selected high schools in Belgaum district, Karnataka. In the first stage, schools are identified using simple random sampling method and in the second stage, adolescent students are selected using convenient sampling method. Structured interview questionnaire used to collect the data prepared by the investigator. The questionnaire includes awareness regarding addictive substances, substance abuse, physical effects of substance abuse, psychological effects of substance abuse, social effects of substance abuse and treatment modalities. 5 point Likert scale used to assess the attitude. Overall awareness regarding ill effect of substance abuse was 43%. Sixty seven percentages of adolescent's students had favorable attitude expressed towards the negative effects of substance abuse. There was positive correlation (r=0.4524) between awareness and attitude among adolescent students on ill effects of substance abuse. The adolescents' students had average awareness and favorable attitude towards substance abuse found in the study. The study suggests that need of strategies and intervention to enhance the awareness and attitude among younger population.
Knowledge and Attitude Regarding Ill Effects of Substance Use Among School Going Children, Golaghat
https://ijshr.com/IJSHR\_Vol.6\_Issue.2\_April2021/IJSHR-Abstract.039.html, 2021
Adolescent starts with early healthy teens and ends up with the many unhealthy issues if not taken care of One of the high risk health issues of adolescence is related to substance use. It is a decade ago worldwide problem where India too has fallen into this viscous cycle. It has not only affected the health of adolescence but has also affected the future of the entire nation. Objectives: The study aimed to find out knowledge and attitude on ill effects of substance use among school going children. Material and Methods: The study adopted cross sectional descriptive design. The study was conducted in three School of Golaghat, Assam for a period of 2 weeks among 265 school going children who were selected using purposive sampling technique after taking the consent. Tool knowledge questionnaire related Substance Use and Attitude scale related Substance Use was used. Results: It was found that 94% of the school going children was having high knowledge level on the ill effects of substance use and their attitude varies towards the substance use. There was no significant association found between knowledge score and selected socio demographic variable. Conclusion: It was found that even after having sufficient knowledge and negative attitude towards the substance use, many adolescent are trapped in this phenomena. It may be because of lack of assertiveness and weaken coping ability of the adolescence.
FACTORS RELATED WITH DRUG/ALCOHOL ADDICTION AMONGST SCHOOL GOING STUDENTS IN PUNE, INDIA
The International Journal of Indian Psychology, 2017
Addiction may be perceived as an aberrant behaviour and as a social problem in metropolitan cities in India. It is regarded as an evidence of individual's social maladjustment and viewed as a widespread condition that has harmful impact on society. Today, in Indian metropolitan cities, illicit drugs and alcohol are not only being consumed by street children but school going children have also fallen prey to it. Majority of the addicted students in Pune are slum dwellers and belong to the lower middle class of society. Through this study, efforts have been made to focus on the causes leading to addiction amongst school going students, and on the impact of addiction on students' physical health, mental health and social behaviour. Researcher has also highlighted the major kinds of addiction amongst school going students (in the age group of 10 to 16 years) and efforts made by teachers for eradication of addiction among school going students. The result of the study shows that, the rate of drug abuse is very high, and there are many ill effects of addiction on the psychological condition of the students. It is also found that, teachers are facing several challenges in the counselling process for addicted students due to poor response of parents.
National Journal of Community Medicine
Background: Adolescence is the age of curiosity, experimentation and new roles. This is the age children start to explore the world and test everything around them. Substance abuse is an alarming problem among adolescents in India. The objective is to assess the prevalence, pattern and determinants of substance abuse among adolescents of Bagalkot. Methods: A cross sectional study with a sample of 384 adolescents, selected by disproportional stratified random sampling. WHO ASSIST was used to assess the prevalence and pattern of substance abuse. The data was entered in MS excel sheet and transferred to SPSS 18 for analysis. Results: the mean age of the sample was 16.4 ± 2.44 years. 71.9% were males and 28% were females. Among 384 adolescents 20.3% used to consume tobacco and 21.4% consumed alcohol, 2.6% consumed cannabis, 15.6% had consumed inhalants. Among Tobacco users 53.85% were 18 to19 years of age. Conclusion: The overall substance abuse among adolescents is about 21%. Age, Gend...