Co-occurrence of Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs Among Secondary School Students in Kiambu and Nairobi Counties Kenya

Oteyo, John S.; Kariuki, Mary; Mwenje, Margaret K.

Co-occurrence of Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs Among Secondary School Students in Kiambu and Nairobi Counties Kenya

dc.contributor.advisor
dc.contributor.author	Oteyo, John S.
dc.contributor.author	Kariuki, Mary
dc.contributor.author	Mwenje, Margaret K.
dc.date.accessioned	2024-03-06T08:57:00Z
dc.date.available	2020-07-10T12:58:33Z
dc.date.available	2024-03-06T08:57:00Z
dc.date.issued	2013-03
dc.description	Journal article	en_US
dc.description.abstract	Secondary school students engage in behaviors like use of alcohol, tobacco and other drugs that compromise their health and future potentials. However, these behaviors are preventable. The current study was designed to establish the prevalence of single and concurrent use of these drugs among students of Kiambu and Nairobi Counties of Kenya. Multi-stage, stratified proportionate, systematic and simple random sampling and purposive methods were used to select participating counties (n=2), district (n=8) schools (n=71) and students (n=1389). However 1088 students were included at analysis as some were eliminated due to inconsistent responses and non responses. Self administered questionnaire was used to collect data on demographics and alcohol, tobacco and other drug behaviors. Frequency, percentages, Chi Square and logistic regression were used to analyze data. Alcohol was the most used drug (23.5%) followed by khat, cigarette, smokeless tobacco and bhang in that order. Of the current alcohol drinkers, 47.6, 33.1, 28.7 and 26.6% had also used khat, bhang, smokeless tobacco and cigarettes respectively. From logic regressions analyses, alcohol drinkers than abstainers were 6.198 times (95% C.I: 4.146-9.266) more likely to be khat users whereas cigarette smokers than non-smokers were 15.264 times (95% C.I: 8.170-28.519) more likely to use smokeless tobacco. These results provide empirical evidences for a comprehensive prevention and intervention programs that target multiple risk behaviors to promote global health among secondary school students.
dc.description.sponsorship	PAC University	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	2201-6333
dc.identifier.issn	2201-6740
dc.identifier.uri	https://repo.pacuniversity.ac.ke/handle/123456789/2925.2
dc.language.iso	en
dc.publisher	International Journal of Education and Research	en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Vol. 1;No. 3
dc.subject	co-occurrence	en_US
dc.subject	ever use	en_US
dc.subject	current use	en_US
dc.subject	smokeless tobacco	en_US
dc.title	Co-occurrence of Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs Among Secondary School Students in Kiambu and Nairobi Counties Kenya	en_US
dc.type	Article