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Journal articles on the topic "Drug abuse – Ethiopia"

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Urgessa Gita, Dinaol, Getachew Abeshu, and Berhanu NigussieWorku. "Street Children’s Drug Abuse and Their Psychosocial Actualities Synchronized with Intervention Strategies in South West Ethiopia." International Journal of Multicultural and Multireligious Understanding 6, no. 5 (2019): 682. http://dx.doi.org/10.18415/ijmmu.v6i5.1170.

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Today’s children in developing countries are growing up in an increasingly stressful circumstance. As consumption of substances is increased, the of age of beginning is falling. Hence, this research examined street children’s drug abuse, their psychosocial actualities synchronized with intervention strategies. Explanatory sequential research design was employed. A total of 150 street children and four key informants were selected through simple random sampling using lottery methods and purposive sampling technique respectively. Questionnaire, interview guide, FGD probes and observation checkli

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Birhanu, Alemneh. "Street Children: Effects and Survival Strategies the Case of West Showa Zone in Ambo Town, Ethiopia." International Journal of Social Work 6, no. 2 (2019): 12. http://dx.doi.org/10.5296/ijsw.v6i2.15117.

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The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of Street Children and their survival Strategies in Ambo town. The study employed qualitative research approach and purposive sampling technique. The sample size for this study was 27 participants in which 17 of them participated in an interview and 10 participated in focus group discussion guided by semi-structured instruments. The finding revealed that children who are joined on the street is due to various reasons such as poverty, family breakdown, migration, looking for jobs, abuse by parents or guardians, peer pressure and expectati

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Kassaw, Endris Seid. "Major Problems in Street Life of People at ‘Risk’, the Case of Selected Areas of Harari Region, Ethiopia." International Journal of Education and Literacy Studies 7, no. 1 (2019): 66. http://dx.doi.org/10.7575/aiac.ijels.v.7n.1p.66.

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The purpose of this study was to identify the prevalence of major problems in street life of people at ‘risk’, the case of Harari Region, Ethiopia. Participants’ sex, age and level of education were taken to be variables of the study. The researcher used descriptive survey method to study the problem. Study participants were selected using snowball and purposive sampling methods, and data were also collected by using questionnaire, interview, focus group discussion, observation and document review. Data collected through questionnaire were analyzed quantitatively using descriptive statistics;

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Melaku, Leta, Andualem Mossie, and Alemayehu Negash. "Stress among Medical Students and Its Association with Substance Use and Academic Performance." Journal of Biomedical Education 2015 (December 2, 2015): 1–9. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/149509.

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Background. Chronic stress among medical students affects academic performance of students and leads to depression, substance use, and suicide. There is, however, a shortage of such research evidence in Ethiopia. Objective. We aimed to estimate the prevalence and severity of stress and its association with substance use and academic performance among medical students. Methods. A cross-sectional survey was conducted on a sample of 329 medical students at Jimma University. Data were collected using the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12), Medical Students Stress Questionnaire (MSSQ-20), and Dr

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Hagos, Esietu Gebregazabher, Gebrekidan Gebregzabher Asfeha, and Birhane Alem Berihu. "Prevalence of substance abuse among regular degree health science students in Sheba University College in Mekelle Town, Tigray - Ethiopia." Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice 07, no. 02 (2016): 200–205. http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0976-3147.178670.

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ABSTRACT Background: Substance abuse (SA) refers to the harmful or hazardous use of psychoactive substances, including alcohol and illicit drugs. The most common substances which are usually abused are alcohol and tobacco. Herein, we assessed the prevalence of SA among regular degree health science students of the Sheba University College (SUC). Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional survey was carried out among 1076 SUC students using self-administered structured questionnaire. The simple sampling technique was used to select students. Descriptive statistics, bivariate, and multivariate ana

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YIBRIE, DAWUD, and Haimanot Wassie. "SOCIOECONOMIC PROBLEMS OF ETHIOPIAN YOUNG ADULTS AS REFLECTED IN THREE SELECTED ETHIOPIAN YOUNG ADULT NOVELS IN ENGLISH." International Journal of Engineering Technologies and Management Research 7, no. 10 (2020): 28–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.29121/ijetmr.v7.i10.2020.767.

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The main objective of this study was to show the major socioeconomic problems of Ethiopian young adults in three selected Ethiopian young adult novels written in English. This study contends that contemporary Ethiopian young adult novels in English strongly represent contemporary socioeconomic problems of Ethiopian young adults which face in their day today activities. Eclectic approach was employed in this study so as to identify the major issues represented as challenges of young adults by using thematic analysis in the three novels, namely Breaking the Chain, Behind the Invisible Bars, and

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Shegute, Tewodros, and Yared Wasihun. "Prevalence of Substance Use in University Students, Ethiopia." Substance Abuse: Research and Treatment 15 (January 2021): 117822182110035. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/11782218211003558.

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Background: Although substance use is a known public health problem and a pressing issue in Ethiopia, its real extent and magnitude are not yet properly explored. The current study aimed to determine the extent and predictors of substance use among regular undergraduate students in the Institute of Technology, Addis Ababa University. Methods: An institution-based cross-sectional study was carried among 794 undergraduate regular students at the Institute of Technology, Addis Ababa University, using a self-administered structured questionnaire filled by study participants. Data entry, cleaning,

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Woldeamanuel, Berhanu Teshome, Leul Mekonnen Anteneh, Yordanos Berihun Yohannes, and Merga Abdissa Aga. "Assessment of Exposure to Sexually Explicit Materials and Substance Abuse among High-School Adolescents in North Shewa Zone: Application of Logistic Regression Analysis." Journal of Addiction 2020 (May 11, 2020): 1–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/8105087.

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Background. The use of substances such as cigarettes, khat, alcohol, and other illicit drugs like hashish, heroine, cannabis, and cocaine is a global major public threat, which affects young adult people particularly in developing countries. This study aims to assess the risk factors associated with substance use and exposure to sexually explicit materials among high-school adolescents in north Shewa zone, Oromia region. Method. A cross-sectional study was conducted to assess substance use and exposure to sexually explicit materials among high-school adolescents in North Shewa zone, Oromiya, E

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Mustefa Ahmed Mohammed, Sisay Tamiru Kumesa. "The Prevalence and Pattern of Social Drug Abuse Among Students of Rift Valley University College, Bishoftu Campus, 2014, Bishoftu, Ethiopia." Journal of Pharmaceutical Care & Health Systems 02, no. 01 (2015). http://dx.doi.org/10.4172/2376-0419.1000131.

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Bimerew, M. S., F. C. T. Sonn, and W. P. Kortenbout. "Substance abuse and the risk of readmission of people with schizophrenia at Amanuel Psychiatric Hospital, Ethiopia." Curationis 30, no. 2 (2007). http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/curationis.v30i2.1078.

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Frequent readmissions of people with schizophrenia pose considerable pressure on the psychiatric service provision of Amanuel Psychiatric Hospital. The purpose of the study was to ascertain factors mainly contributing to the rate of readmissions of people with schizophrenia. Descriptive survey methods and qualitative focus group interviews were employed to conduct the study. Random sampling techniques were used to select 43 respondents of people with schizophrenia from 231 people with schizophrenia who were readmitted for two or more times in the last two years and who gained access during the

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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Drug abuse – Ethiopia"

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Ayele, Moges Chekole. "The assessment of Ethiopian Federal Police illicit drug trafficking prevention measures." Diss., 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/4786.

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The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia is located in the Horn of Africa and bound on the northeast by Eritrea and Djibouti, on the east and southeast by Somalia, on the south-west by Kenya and on the west and north-west by Sudan. In a 2003 report, the Ethiopia Central Statistical Authority (2003:24) estimated the population of Ethiopia to be 71,066,000. The Ethiopian economy is mainly based on agriculture, which contributes 47% to GNP and more than 80% of exports and employs 85% of the population. Ethiopia nowadays governs under a federal system and due to the governance system there are

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Asgedom, Teka Tesfay. "Substance abuse among undergraduate students at a university in Ethiopia." Thesis, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/23580.

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This convergent parallel mixed methods study based on Social Ecological Model investigated substance abuse among undergraduate university students at one of the universities in Ethiopia. For quantitative strand of study, data was collected from 422 randomly selected undergraduate students. Data were analysed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences version 17. For qualitative strand, face-to-face interviews were conducted with 17 purposefully selected participants directly involved with students abusing substances. The findings revealed that factors at individual, interpersonal, instituti

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Meshesha, Mereid Getachew. "The socioeconomic and psychological effects of khat chewing in Addis Ababa." Diss., 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/26320.

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Background - Khat is a mild stimulant plant chewed by a limited segment of the population mainly in the eastern parts of Ethiopia for social facilitation and religious purposes. In recent decades, the use of khat has spread to all parts of the country and its social, economic and political impact has increased significantly at national level. In cities like Addis Ababa, the traditional purposes are superseded and it is now chewed mainly for recreational purposes. Following this development, many people have raised concerns on the potentially adverse socioeconomic and psychological effects of k

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Gebremichael, Alemayehu Nigatu. "Strategies for the reduction of alcohol and substance abuse among adolescents at two selected universities in Ethiopia." Thesis, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/22653.

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Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the magnitude, behavioural issues and other contributing factors for alcohol and substance abuse, in order to develop a strategy for alcohol and substance abuse among Ethiopian university students. Method: An explorative, mixed method approach research was used. Data were collected from adolescents at Arbaminch and Wolaita Sodo universities that were purposively selected for this study. Review of literature resulted in the researcher developing questionnaire items for quantitative data (N=738) (Annexure F). Framework: The theory of planne

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