{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,17]],"date-time":"2026-07-17T17:16:10Z","timestamp":1784308570254,"version":"3.55.0"},"reference-count":0,"publisher":"African Journals Online (AJOL)","issue":"1","content-domain":{"domain":[],"crossmark-restriction":false},"short-container-title":["Afr H. Sci."],"abstract":"<jats:p>Background: Substance abuse is a growing societal problem with adolescents being at increased risk. The few studies in Nigerian adolescents have not factored in their knowledge base with regard to the concept of substance abuse.\r\nObjectives: This study determined the indulgence in and knowledge of substance abuse and associated factors among adolescents.\r\nMethods: This was a questionnaire based study involving 10 to 19year olds recruited from an adolescent summer camp in Anambra state, South-East Nigeria.\r\nResults: The data of 276adolescents was analyzed, male\u201391, 33%, M: F = 1: 2. Mean age was 16.4 \u00b1 1.4years. 13.8% (38) accepted they had abused substances in the past; 74.3% (205) had the correct knowledge of the meaning of substance abuse; 10.1% (28) admitted taking substances for pleasure. The substances taken included Alcohol (67.9%), Cigarette (25.0%), Tramadol (10.7%), Cocaine (7.1%), among others. Multiple substances were taken 28.6% of the time. Age category had no significant association with the abuse of substances (X2\u20132.656, p = 0.282). Stratified by age category, gender had a significant association with substance abuse in Late adolescence (n = 11; M\u20139, 81.8%; F\u20132, 18.2%; X2 = 6.893, p = 0.016) but not Mid-adolescence (n = 27; M \u2013 10, 37.0%; F \u2013 17, 63.0%; X2 = 0.749, p = 0.500).\r\nConclusion: An unacceptable proportion of the adolescents were already exposed to substances\/drugs in spite of having suboptimal knowledge. Adolescents need to be educated on substance abuse and its dangers in order to curb this in the society.\r\nKeywords: Drug abuse; adolescence; knowledge; Nigeria.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.4314\/ahs.v22i1.29","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,5,9]],"date-time":"2022-05-09T11:02:36Z","timestamp":1652094156000},"page":"227-33","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":8,"title":["Knowledge and indulgence in substance abuse among adolescents in Anambra state, South-East Nigeria"],"prefix":"10.4314","volume":"22","author":[{"given":"Ogochukwu","family":"Ofiaeli Chioma","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ifeoma","family":"Udigwe Bridget","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Chizalu","family":"Ndukwu Ifeyinwa","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Obiageli","family":"Emelumadu Fidelia","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"2895","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,4,29]]},"container-title":["African Health Sciences"],"original-title":[],"link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/www.ajol.info\/index.php\/ahs\/article\/download\/224602\/211896","content-type":"application\/pdf","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/www.ajol.info\/index.php\/ahs\/article\/download\/224602\/211896","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2022,5,9]],"date-time":"2022-05-09T11:03:53Z","timestamp":1652094233000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/www.ajol.info\/index.php\/ahs\/article\/view\/224602"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2022,4,29]]},"references-count":0,"journal-issue":{"issue":"1","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,5,3]]}},"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.4314\/ahs.v22i1.29","relation":{},"ISSN":["1680-6905"],"issn-type":[{"value":"1680-6905","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2022,4,29]]}}}