Yu Fan, Liang Zhou, Xiyuan Chen, Jinghua Su, Shaoling Zhong
Determinants and outcomes of health-promoting lifestyle among people with schizophrenia
BMC psychiatry
substance use escalating public health problem south africa resulting risky behaviours poor educational attainment among adolescents huge battle overcome substance use among learners drugs become easily available mean age drug experimentation reported 12 years age important continuously understand trends substance use order assess positive changes provide evidence development contextspecific effective interventions paper outlines prevalence substance use among selected high schools district limpopo province determine prevalence substance use among selected high school learners district limpopo province crosssectional school survey 768 learners conducted data analysed using spss v 26 descriptive analysis used describe independent dependent variables chisquare test used investigate associations demographic characteristics substance use among high school learners abused substances learners alcohol 49 cigarettes 208 marijuana daggacannabis 168 lifetime significant difference p 005 cigarette smoking gender school grade use males 142 females 76 urban schools 146 periurban 67 grade 12 64 significant difference p 005 alcohol use use grade 10 126 varied use among male female learners cumulatively alcohol use females 277 drug use varied overall high drug use urban schools 207 substance use rife among high school learners district health promotion initiatives need tailored within context sociodemographic characteristics learners including multiple levels influence peer pressure poverty unemployment child headed families additional research required investigate factors leading notable gradual increase use among female learners environmental family settings learners influencing substance use