Substance use by Students in South Africa - Tanzania and Zimbabwe
| dc.contributor.author | Kilonzo, Gad P. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-07-09T05:38:24Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-07-09T05:38:24Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2001 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The study aimed to compare substance use of students in South Africa. Tanzania. and Zimbabwe. Multistage sampling produced samples of 2946. 2491 and 183 students aged 13-14 In Cape Town, Dar es Salaam (DAR) Harare respectively. Questionnaires were administered in classrooms. High prevalence rates of tobacco, alcohol and solvent use and site differences were noted - among males in the previous year, 23.5% in Cape Town had smoked cigarettes, J 5.2% in DAR had inhaled solvents and 29.5% in Harare had drunk alcohol. Lifetime prevalence rates for cannab ts were low. Except for solvents, rates were lowest. in DAR. Gender differences were noted in Harare and DAR for certain substances. The importance oftransnational research using comparable methodologies and analytical designs Is emphasized. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Flisher, A.J., Butau, T., Mbwambo, J., Kaaya, S.F., Kilonzo, G.P., Aaro, L.E., Eide, A.H., Lombard, C., Muller, M., Parry, C.D.H. and Klepp, K.I., 2001. Substance use by students in South Africa, Tanzania and Zimbabwe. Afr. J. Drug Alcohol Stud, 1, pp.81-97. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://www.researchgate.net/publication/237071431_Substance_use_by_students_aged_13-14_years_in_South_Africa_Tanzania_and_Zimbabwe | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/467 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Afr. J. Drug Alcohol Stud | en_US |
| dc.subject | Students | en_US |
| dc.subject | South Africa, Tanzania, Zimbabwe | en_US |
| dc.subject | adolescents, | en_US |
| dc.title | Substance use by Students in South Africa - Tanzania and Zimbabwe | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |