Risk & Protective Factors for Adolescent Substance Use: A Comparative Study of Secondary School Students in Rural & Urban Areas of Osun State, Nigeria

BACKGROUND:

Substance use is a leading adolescent health problem globally, but little is known regarding associated factors for adolescent substance use in Nigeria. This study compared the prevalence of substance use among in-school adolescents in urban and rural areas of Osun State, Nigeria, and identified risk and protective factors.

METHODS:

This cross-sectional study involved 600 randomly selected adolescents (aged 10-19 years) from rural and urban areas of Osun State, Nigeria. Data were collected using the facilitated self-completed questionnaire method. Binary logistic regression was used to examine the association of individual, peer, and parental factors with adolescent substance use. Adjusted odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence interval (CI) were obtained.

RESULTS:

About two-thirds of respondents had used substances in both rural (65.7%) and urban areas (66.0%) (p=0.93). Logistic analysis showed private school attendance as a risk factor for substance use and adolescent disapproval of adult substance use as a protective factor  in rural areas. For urban areas, having friends who use substances and a mother having had tertiary education were risk factors while parental disapproval of substance use was a protective factor.

CONCLUSION:

Lifetime prevalence of substances is high among in-school adolescents in Osun State. The risk and protective factors for adolescent substance use somewhat differ for rural and urban areas, and these have implications for designing effective intervention strategies.

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By:  Olabanjo O. Ogunsola¹ / Adesegun O. Fatusi²

¹Department of Community Health, Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex, Ile-Ife, Nigeria

²Faculty of Clinical Sciences, Department of Community Health, College of Health Sciences, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria

Corresponding author: Adesegun O. Fatusi, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, Department of Community Health, College of Health Sciences, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria,

Int J Adolesc Med Health. 2016 Jan 29. pii: /j/ijamh.ahead-of-print/ijamh-2015-0096/ijamh-2015-0096.xml. doi: 10.1515/ijamh-2015-0096.

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Nonmedical Use of Prescription Medication among Adolescents Using Drugs in Quebec

OBJECTIVE:

To determine the prevalence and factors associated with nonmedical use of prescription medication (NMUPM) among adolescents who use drugs (ages 12 to 17 years) in Quebec.

METHOD:

Secondary data analyses were carried out with data from a 6-month study, namely, the 2010-2011 Quebec Health Survey of High School Students-a large-scale survey that sought to gain a better understanding of the health and well-being of young Quebecers in high school. Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were conducted to study NMUPM among adolescents who use drugs, according to sociodemographic characteristics, peer characteristics, health indicators (anxiety, depression, or attention-deficit disorder [ADD] with or without hyperactivity), self-competency, family environment, and substance use (alcohol and drug use) factors.

RESULTS:

Among adolescents who had used drugs in the previous 12 months, 5.4% reported NMUPM. Based on multivariate analyses, having an ADD, anxiety disorder, low self-esteem, low self-control, low parental supervision, regular alcohol use, and polysubstance use were associated with increased odds of reporting NMUPM.

CONCLUSIONS:

The observed prevalence of NMUPM was lower than expected. However, the associations noted with certain mental health disorders and regular or heavy use of other psychoactive substances are troubling. Clinical implications are discussed.

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By:   Roy É1, Nolin MA2, Traoré I3, Leclerc P4, Vasiliadis HM5.

• 1Full Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Sherbrooke (http://www.usherbrooke.ca/), Sherbrooke, Quebec; Researcher, Research Chair on Addiction, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec.
• 2Graduate Student, Clinical Sciences Program, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec.
• 3Research Assistant, Direction des statistiques de santé, Institut de la statistique du Québec, Montreal, Quebec.
• 4Public Health Officer, Direction de santé publique de l'agence de la santé et des services sociaux de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec.
• 5Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec; Researcher, Charles LeMoyne Hospital Research Centre, Greenfield Park, Quebec.
• Can J Psychiatry. 2015 Dec 1;60(12):556-63.
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Racial And Ethnic Trends & Correlates of Non-Medical Use of Prescription Opioids among Adolescents in the United States 2004-2013

PURPOSE:

Our objective was to elucidate the trends in non-medical use of prescription opioids (NMUPO) among whites, African-Americans, and Hispanic adolescents in the United States. An additional aim was to examine the sociodemographic, behavioral, and psychosocial correlates of NMUPO across each of these aforementioned racial and ethnic groups.

METHODS:

Data was derived from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) involving non-Hispanic white, African American, and Hispanic respondents ages 12-17 (n = 164,028) and spanning the years 2004-2013. Consistent with prior NSDUH-based studies, respondents reporting use within the previous 12 months were classified as nonmedical prescription opioid users. Logistic regression was used to examine significance of trend year and correlates of NMUPO.

RESULTS:

Non-Hispanic white youth consistently reported higher levels of NMUPO as did older adolescents (ages 15-17) and females. However, there was a decrease in the prevalence of NMUPO overall driven largely by a significant decline (p < 0.001) in NMUPO among non-Hispanic whites of approximately 35% over the study period such that by 2013 no statistically significant differences across race/ethnicity remained. Further, logistic regression models found that externalizing behaviors such as comorbid drug use and fighting was associated with NMUPO and religiosity and parental involvement were identified as protective correlates.

CONCLUSIONS:

To our knowledge, this is the first study to identify a declining trend in NMUPO among adolescents. Although the present study findings provide a source for optimism, there is still a relatively high prevalence of NMUPO and it remains to be seen whether our findings portend a long-term decline. Given the harm done by NMUPO, continued awareness and targeted prevention efforts should be implemented.

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By:   Vaughn MG1, Nelson EJ2, Salas-Wright CP3, Qian Z4, Schootman M4.

• 1School of Social Work, College for Public Health and Social Justice, Saint Louis University, Tegeler Hall, 3550 Lindell Blvd, St. Louis, MO 63103, United States. Electronic address: mvaughn9@slu.edu.
• 2College for Public Health and Social Justice, 3545 Lafayette Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63104, United States. Electronic address: nelsonej@slu.edu.
• 3School of Social Work, The University of Texas at Austin, 1925 San Jacinto Blvd D3500, Austin, TX 78712-0358, United States. Electronic address: salaswright@utexas.edu.
• 4College for Public Health and Social Justice, 3545 Lafayette Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63104, United States. 

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Dynamic Relationships between Parental Monitoring, Peer Risk Involvement & Sexual Risk Behavior among Bahamian Mid-Adolescents

Considerable research has examined reciprocal relationships between parenting, peers and adolescent problem behavior; however, such studies have largely considered the influence of peers and parents separately. It is important to examine simultaneously the relationships between parental monitoring, peer risk involvement and adolescent sexual risk behavior, and whether increases in peer risk involvement and changes in parental monitoring longitudinally predict adolescent sexual risk behavior.

Four waves of sexual behavior data were collected between 2008/2009 and 2011 from high school students aged 13–17 in the Bahamas. Structural equation and latent growth curve modeling were used to examine reciprocal relationships between parental monitoring, perceived peer risk involvement and adolescent sexual risk behavior.

For both male and female youth, greater perceived peer risk involvement predicted higher sexual risk behavior index scores, and greater parental monitoring predicted lower scores. Reciprocal relationships were found between parental monitoring and sexual risk behavior for males and between perceived peer risk involvement and sexual risk behavior for females. For males, greater sexual risk behavior predicted lower parental monitoring; for females, greater sexual risk behavior predicted higher perceived peer risk involvement. According to latent growth curve models, a higher initial level of parental monitoring predicted decreases in sexual risk behavior, whereas both a higher initial level and a higher growth rate of peer risk involvement predicted increases in sexual risk behavior.

Results highlight the important influence of peer risk involvement on youths’ sexual behavior and gender differences in reciprocal relationships between parental monitoring, peer influence and adolescent sexual risk behavior.

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By: Bo Wang, Bonita Stanton, Lynette Deveaux, Xiaoming Li, and Sonja Lunn

Bo Wang is associate professor, and Xiaoming Li is professor and director, both at the Pediatric Prevention Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA. Bonita Stanton is professor of pediatrics and vice dean for research, Wayne State University School of Medicine. Lynette Deveaux is the coordinator, and Sonja Lunn is the associate coordinator, both at Focus on Youth in the Caribbean, Office of HIV/AIDS, the Bahamas Ministry of Health, Nassau