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| Title |
Cannabis use and its socio-demographic correlates among in-school adolescents in Zambia
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Italian Journal of Pediatrics, February 2013
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| DOI | 10.1186/1824-7288-39-13 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Seter Siziya, Adamson S Muula, Chola Besa, Olusegun Babaniyi, Peter Songolo, Njinga Kankiza, Emmanuel Rudatsikira |
| Abstract |
Cannabis dependence in adolescents predicts increased risks of using other illicit drugs, poor academic performance and reporting psychotic symptoms. The prevalence of cannabis use was estimated two decades ago in Zambia among secondary school students. There are no recent estimates of the extent of the problem; further, correlates for its use have not been documented in Zambia. The objective of study was to estimate the current prevalence of cannabis use and its socio-demographic correlates among in-school adolescents. |
X Demographics
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 75% |
| Zambia | 1 | 25% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 4 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 137 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Botswana | 1 | <1% |
| Croatia | 1 | <1% |
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 134 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 20 | 15% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 18 | 13% |
| Researcher | 15 | 11% |
| Student > Bachelor | 15 | 11% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 13 | 9% |
| Other | 21 | 15% |
| Unknown | 35 | 26% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 32 | 23% |
| Social Sciences | 18 | 13% |
| Psychology | 18 | 13% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 9 | 7% |
| Neuroscience | 4 | 3% |
| Other | 16 | 12% |
| Unknown | 40 | 29% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 13 October 2013.
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#15,517,992
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Outputs from Italian Journal of Pediatrics
#447
of 1,059 outputs
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#184,727
of 309,594 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Italian Journal of Pediatrics
#5
of 11 outputs
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