Exposure to Substance and Current Substance Among School-Going Adolescents in Timor-Leste

Authors

• Abigail Esinam Adade, University of Ghana
• Kenneth Owusu Ansah, University of Ghana
• Nutifafa Eugene Yaw Dey, University of Ghana
• Francis Arthur-Holmes, Lingnan University
• Henry Ofori Duah, Marquette UniversityFollow
• Pascal Agbadi, Lingnan University

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

8-2022

Publisher

Public Library of Science (PLoS)

Source Publication

PLoS Global Public Health

Source ISSN

2767-3375

Abstract

Few studies have examined how exposure to substance influences adolescent’s use of substance in Timor-Leste. We assessed this relationship using nationally representative data from Timor-Leste to address this gap. Data was pulled from the 2015 Timor-Leste Global school-based student health survey. Data of students aged 13-17years (N = 3700) from class 7–11 across schools in Timor-Leste were analyzed for this study. Second-hand smoking exposure (AOR = 1.57 [1.31, 1.89] and parental tobacco use, AOR = 1.94 [1.54, 2.44]) was significantly related to in-school adolescent’s current use of substance after adjusting for covariates. Current substance use was also positively associated with being male, being in class 10–12, and being food insecure and negatively associated with having at least three close friends and benefiting from parental supervision. To reduce substance use among inschool adolescents, policymakers must consider the inclusion of all models in the social learning environment of adolescents in Timor-Leste.

Comments

Published version. PLOS Global Public Health, Vol. 2, No. 8 (2022). DOI. © 2022 the Authors. Used with permission.

This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

Henry Duah was affiliated with FOCOS Orthopaedic Hospital, Accra, Ghana at the time of publication.

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Recommended Citation

Adade, Abigail Esinam; Ansah, Kenneth Owusu; Dey, Nutifafa Eugene Yaw; Arthur-Holmes, Francis; Duah, Henry Ofori; and Agbadi, Pascal, "Exposure to Substance and Current Substance Among School-Going Adolescents in Timor-Leste" (2022). College of Nursing Faculty Research and Publications. 1207.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/nursing_fac/1207