The development of an anti-substance abuse initiative for high schools in the Capricorn district, Polokwane
| dc.contributor.advisor | Waggie, Firdouza | |
| dc.contributor.author | Shuro, Linda | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-03-03T07:49:16Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-11-07T09:36:54Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-03-03T07:49:16Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-11-07T09:36:54Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2021 | |
| dc.description | Philosophiae Doctor - PhD | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Substance abuse among adolescents is a Public Health concern globally with approximately 25 million adolescents (aged 13-15 years) who smoke tobacco, one in every ten girls and one in every five boys. In low- and middle-income countries, 14 % of girls and 18% of boys (13-15years old) are engaged in alcohol use. The Global Status Report on Alcohol and Health of 2018, reports that among the 15- to 19-year-olds, greater than a quarter were current alcohol drinkers. Cannabis (marijuana/dagga) is highly used globally with approximately 3.8% between 15 and 64 years, about 188 million people used it once or more times in 2017. The most commonly abused substances are alcohol, tobacco, and cannabis (marijuana/dagga). In South Africa, most adolescents are found in schools and the average age of drug experimentation is 12 years with early onset of use at about ten years of age. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10566/19195 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | University of Western Cape | en_US |
| dc.rights.holder | University of Western Cape | en_US |
| dc.subject | Health promoting schools | en_US |
| dc.subject | High school learners | en_US |
| dc.subject | School health | en_US |
| dc.subject | Substance abuse | en_US |
| dc.subject | Anti-substance abuse initiative | en_US |
| dc.title | The development of an anti-substance abuse initiative for high schools in the Capricorn district, Polokwane | en_US |