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Title: KNOWLEDGE, RISK-PERCEPTION AND PRACTICE RELATING TO MARIJUANA USE AMONG OUT-OF-SCHOOL ADOLESCENTS IN IKPOBA OKHA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF EDO STATE
Authors: IGBINOSUN, ESOSA PETER
Keywords: Marijuana use
Marijuana, risk-perception
Out of school adolescents
Illlicit drugs
Issue Date: Feb-2021
Citation: DISSERTATON
Abstract: The world estimate of Marijuana use as an illicit substance is about 119 to 224 million users. In a study conducted among adolescents, it was reported that adolescents between the ages of 13 to 18 years are the prominent users of illicit drugs like Marijuana. Marijuana use is a problem in Nigeria and other parts of the world resulting in personality disorders in adolescents. There is presently a great dearth in the literature relating to Marijuana use among out-of-school adolescents. This study investigated the knowledge, risk-perception and practice relating to Marijuana among out-of-school adolescents in Ikpoba Okha Local Government Area (LGA) of Edo State. This study was a descriptive cross-sectional study which made use of an interviewer administered questionnaire. It was limited in scope to the knowledge, risk-perception and practice relating to Marijuana use among out-of-school adolescents in Ikpoba Okha LGA, Edo State. A four-stage sampling technique was used in selecting 310 respondents from the study local government area. Information collected was on socio-demographic characteristics, knowledge, risk-perception and practice. Knowledge was scored on a 6-point scale; scores of <4 and >4-6 were classified as poor and good knowledge respectively. Risk-perception was scored on a 12-point scale; scores of <6 and >6-12 were rated as positive and negative perception respectively. Practice was also scored on an 8-point scale; score of <3, and >3 were classified as bad practice and good practice respectively. The data were analysed using the IBM SPSS version 25 using descriptive and inferential statistics at p=0.05. The mean age of respondents was 15.6±2.9 years, half of the respondents (50.3%) were female, (49.7%) were male. Christianity (94.8%) was the major religion. Artisan (73.9%) was the major occupation of the respondents, Majority of the respondents (97.4%) reported to have heard of marijuana; the three highest reported sources were from friends/peers (55.5%), television (49.7%) and area (45.8%). Mean knowledge score obtained was 1.96±0.2; resulting in good knowledge (95.7%) of marijuana use scoring >5 - 6 point on a 6-point knowledge scale while (4.3%) had poor knowledge of marijuana use scoring <5 points. Majority (84.8%) of the respondents had positive perception while few (15.2%) of them had negative perception on marijuana use; few (4.0%) of the respondents had used marijuana and 19 year was reported to be the highest age of initiation to marijuana use. This study showed that knowledge was good; majority had positive perception but bad practice. Efforts must therefore be intensified towards sensitization of the adolescent groups to improve the knowledge, risk-perception and practices relating to marijuana use among out-of-school. Also, friends or peers were seen to have substantial influence in practice hence, parents are encouraged to monitor their children friends or peers.
Description: A Project Submitted to the Department of Health Promotion and Education, Faculty of Public Health, In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for the degree of MASTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH Of the UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN, Ibadan, Nigeria.
URI: http://adhlui.com.ui.edu.ng/jspui/handle/123456789/1543
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