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| Title: | Drug use among secondary school students in Senegal |
| Author: | Eide, Arne H. |
| Year: | 2001 |
| Periodical: | Psychopathologie africaine |
| Volume: | 31 |
| Issue: | 2 |
| Pages: | 235-255 |
| Language: | English |
| Geographic term: | Senegal |
| Subjects: | secondary education drug use |
| Abstract: | A study on drug use in secondary schools was carried out in Senegal in 1998-1999. The objectives of the study were to establish the prevalence and frequency of drug use among secondary school students and to analyse the relationship between drug use and demographic, psychological, social and cultural predictors. A questionnaire developed by the WHO was adapted to fit the local context and administered in classrooms in 30 Upper Secondary Schools. The study revealed that the use of cannabis, inhalants and alcohol seem to be less prevalent in Senegal than in other countries in sub-Saharan Africa where similar studies have been undertaken. Tobacco appears to be more prevalent among Senegalese youth. Socioeconomic status, and to some extent also urbanicity, are shown to be conducive to drug use. Gender differences are pronounced in that boys report higher levels of use and experimentation than girls. Alcohol is an exception to this pattern. The social distribution was not found to differ between the most prevalent drug types. The authors suggest that this particular drug use profile may be due to the suppression of alcohol by the dominant Muslim community and the lack of a cannabis tradition in large parts of the country. Bibliogr., notes, sum. in English and French. [Journal abstract, edited] |