risk factors

Abstract Background Substance use among adolescents poses significant risks to their health, wellbeing, and development, particularly in low- and middle-income countries, including Ghana. However, little is known about the outlets and...

Source: Yu,Q.,Hernandez,B.,Swineford,C.,Walker,N.,MacNeill,L.,Zhang,Y.,Wakschlag,L.S.,&LeeWiggins,J.L (2023).Towardanoptimizedassessmentofadolescentpsychopathologyrisk:Multilevelenvironmentalprofilesandchildirritabilityaspredictors...

On December 2nd, CICAD's Demand Reduction Unit organised an online event on "Substance Use Among Adolescents: Risk and Protective Factors". The event is part of a series of international dialogues between Africa, Asia, Latin America and the...

There is a scarcity of research on drug use patterns among HIV-positive young individuals in Sub-Saharan Africa (YLWH). To fill the gap, the following was set out: compare the prevalence of substance use, specifically alcohol and illicit...

Abstract Substance abuse is a significant problem in Pakistan (Hussain, 2017), yet, there are few studies of risk factors in this population, particularly in remote areas. Male adolescents (N = 243; M = 16.9 years, SD = 1.3 years) were...