%0 Journal Article
%T Prevalence, pattern and determinants of substance abuse among youths in a rural community of Osun State, Southwest Nigeria
%J African health sciences
%D 2023
%A Eseigbe, Gloria
%A Akanbi, Ibukun Mary
%A Aremu, Ayodele Olatayo
%A Idowu, Ajibola
%A Adewale, Victoria
%A Awubite, Loliya
%A Adebayo, Olumide
%A Arisa, Daniella
%A Adetona, Blessing
%A Olaniyan, Ayomikun
%A Olafisoye, Ebunoluwa
%A Olorunshola, Oluwaseyi
%A Eyitayo, Jesulayomi
%A Ogunlana, Omotolani
%A Aboloye, Oluwaseye
%A Mayor, Anatasia
%A Olatunde, Emmanuel
%V 23
%N 4
%P 563-574
%X STUDY OBJECTIVES: This study assessed the prevalence, patterns and factors associated with substance abuse among youths of Ejigbo community, Osun State, Nigeria. <br><br>METHOD: This was a descriptive cross-sectional study which employed cluster sampling method to select 420 consenting youths (aged 15-24years). Data were collected using interviewer-administered, semi structured questionnaire. Descriptive and inferential statistics were carried out at p < 0.05. <br><br>RESULTS: The mean age (±SD) of the respondents was 19 ± 4.18 years. Majority (89%) of the respondents possessed good knowledge of substance abuse while 4% of them had a positive attitude towards it. Above a quarter (29.8%) of respondents had ever consumed alcoholic beverages while 12.3% of them had engaged in substance abuse. Besides alcohol, Shisha and tramadol were the most commonly abused substances in the study setting. Respondents' age (AOR=3.11;95%CI=1.67-5.24), gender (AOR=1.87;95%CI=1.53-9.25), attitude to substance use (AOR=5.90;95%3.45-10.23) and marital status (AOR=3.27;95%-CI=2.71-7.24) were the main determinants of substance abuse in the study setting. <br><br>CONCLUSION: Respondents in the current study had good knowledge, predominantly negative attitude but a relatively high burden of substance abuse. There is urgent need for policy makers to upscale fights against the menace of substance abuse among rural Nigerian youths.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
%G en
%I Faculty of Medicine, Makerere University
%@ 1680-6905
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ahs.v23i4.59