Prevalence and predictors of alcohol and drug use among secondary school students in Botswana: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Alcohol and illicit drug use has been recognized as a growing problem among adolescents in Botswana. Little is known about factors affecting alcohol and drug use among Botswana's secondary school students. To aid the design and implementation of effective public health interventions, we sought to determine the prevalence of alcohol and drug use in secondary school students in urban and peri-urban areas of Botswana, and to evaluate risk and protective factors for substance use.

Methods

We performed a 72-item cross-sectional survey of students in 17 public secondary schools in Gaborone, Lobatse, Molepolole and Mochudi, Botswana. The World Health Organization's (WHO) Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test (AUDIT) was used to define hazardous drinking behavior. Usin

SUBMITTER: Riva K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6302490 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature