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Substance use and associated factors among Gumuz people in Benishangul-Gumuz regional state, Mandura woreda, Northwest Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Substance use related health and social problems are on the rise in sub-Saharan Africa. Currently, substance abuse is one …
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Factor structure of the depression anxiety stress Scale-21 (DASS-21): Unidimensionality of the Arabic version among Egyptian drug users
BACKGROUND: Emotional distress is common among illicit drug users, and it can negatively affect treatment outcomes and increase the risk …
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Help seeking behavior for problematic substance uses in north-West Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Substance miss use and neuro-psychiatric conditions are a growing public health challenges, but 76 to 85% of people with …
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Impact of khat price increases on consumption behavior – price elasticity analysis
The long border of Saudi Arabia with Yemen is the primary route for khat entry to the Kingdom. As of …
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Alcohol use disorder and associated factors among individuals living with HIV in Hawassa City, Ethiopia: a facility based cross- sectional study
BACKGROUND: Individuals living with HIV/AIDS with co-occurring harmful alcohol use may require specialized intervention or even multi-disciplinary team follow-up and …
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A qualitative study of drivers of psychoactive substance use among Mekelle University students, Northern Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Psychoactive substance (PS) use is a public health concern among University students. Understanding the factors underlay the use helps …
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Treatment gap, help-seeking, stigma and magnitude of alcohol use disorder in rural Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Although alcohol use disorders contribute a high proportion of population disease burden, the treatment gap is large, especially in …
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Heavy drinking and contextual risk factors among adults in South Africa: findings from the International Alcohol Control study
BACKGROUND: There is limited information about the potential individual-level and contextual drivers of heavy drinking in South Africa. This study …
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Narrating the journey of sustained recovery from substance use disorder
BACKGROUND: The reported high rate of relapse in the context of an ever-increasing rate of substance abuse internationally and in …
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Family management risk and protective factors for adolescent substance use in South Africa
BACKGROUND: An increasingly recognised prevention approach for substance use entails a reduction in risk factors, and the enhancement of promotive, …
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Substance use and associated factors among Debre Berhan University students, Central Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Being a global burden of youths, substances use is unhealthy behavior that exposes youths to health and social problems. …
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A comparative analysis of pharmacists’ perspectives on codeine use and misuse – a three country survey
The misuse of codeine is of increasing concern in a number of countries, particularly as this relates to over -the-counter …
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Problematic khat use as a possible risk factor for harmful use of other psychoactive substances: a mixed method study in Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Substance use disorders along with neuropsychiatric disorders contributed about 14% of the global burden of disease. Harmful alcohol use, …
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Health and behavioral factors associated with binge drinking among university students in nine ASEAN countries
BACKGROUND: Heavy drinking among university students has been globally recognized as a major public health burden. In the Association of …
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Use of crystal methamphetamine among male adolescents in Cape Town, South Africa: Caregivers' experiences
BACKGROUND: Against the background that crystal methamphetamine (colloquially known as "tik") is extensively used by the emerging working class Coloured …
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What constitutes problematic khat use? An exploratory mixed methods study in Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Khat is a psycho-stimulant herb, which has been in use in traditional societies in East Africa and the Middle …
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Prevalence and associated factors of illicit drug use among university students in the association of southeast Asian nations (ASEAN)
BACKGROUND: Illicit drug use among university students has been recognized as a global public health issue in recent years. It …