A prospective study of methamphetamine use as a predictor of high school non-attendance in Cape Town, South Africa
dc.contributor.author | Plüddemann, Andreas | en_ZA |
dc.contributor.author | Flisher, Alan J | en_ZA |
dc.contributor.author | McKetin, Rebecca | en_ZA |
dc.contributor.author | Parry, Charles D | en_ZA |
dc.contributor.author | Lombard, Carl J | en_ZA |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-11-11T11:54:58Z | |
dc.date.available | 2015-11-11T11:54:58Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2010 | en_ZA |
dc.description.abstract | BACKGROUND: This prospective study investigated the association between life-long methamphetamine and other drug use and high school non-attendance, in a sample of high school students in Cape Town, South Africa. METHODS: A random sample of 1535 high school students completed a baseline questionnaire in 2006, and were asked to complete a follow-up questionnaire 12 months later. The questionnaire included questions on substance use, including tobacco, alcohol, methamphetamine and cannabis use, demographic factors, and questions relating to school attendance and performance. RESULTS: Forty-three percent of the students surveyed at baseline did not complete a follow-up questionnaire after 12 months. Compared with students who were not using selected substances, an adjusted logistic regression model showed that life-time methamphetamine use in addition to other substances was significantly associated with non-attendance (OR = 2.58, 95% CI: 1.24 - 5.36) when other non-substance use factors (repeating a year at school and being older than the norm for current grade) were taken into account. CONCLUSIONS: Early identification of students with methamphetamine and other substance use problems, and a supportive rather than punitive school policy, may be valuable in improving high school completion and student retention rates. | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.apacitation | Plüddemann, A., Flisher, A. J., McKetin, R., Parry, C. D., & Lombard, C. J. (2010). A prospective study of methamphetamine use as a predictor of high school non-attendance in Cape Town, South Africa. <i>Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14862 | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.chicagocitation | Plüddemann, Andreas, Alan J Flisher, Rebecca McKetin, Charles D Parry, and Carl J Lombard "A prospective study of methamphetamine use as a predictor of high school non-attendance in Cape Town, South Africa." <i>Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy</i> (2010) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14862 | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.citation | Plüddemann, A., Flisher, A. J., McKetin, R., Parry, C. D., & Lombard, C. J. (2010). A prospective study of methamphetamine use as a predictor of high school non-attendance in Cape Town, South Africa. Subst. Abuse Treat. Prev. Policy, 5, 25. | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.ris | TY - Journal Article AU - Plüddemann, Andreas AU - Flisher, Alan J AU - McKetin, Rebecca AU - Parry, Charles D AU - Lombard, Carl J AB - BACKGROUND: This prospective study investigated the association between life-long methamphetamine and other drug use and high school non-attendance, in a sample of high school students in Cape Town, South Africa. METHODS: A random sample of 1535 high school students completed a baseline questionnaire in 2006, and were asked to complete a follow-up questionnaire 12 months later. The questionnaire included questions on substance use, including tobacco, alcohol, methamphetamine and cannabis use, demographic factors, and questions relating to school attendance and performance. RESULTS: Forty-three percent of the students surveyed at baseline did not complete a follow-up questionnaire after 12 months. Compared with students who were not using selected substances, an adjusted logistic regression model showed that life-time methamphetamine use in addition to other substances was significantly associated with non-attendance (OR = 2.58, 95% CI: 1.24 - 5.36) when other non-substance use factors (repeating a year at school and being older than the norm for current grade) were taken into account. CONCLUSIONS: Early identification of students with methamphetamine and other substance use problems, and a supportive rather than punitive school policy, may be valuable in improving high school completion and student retention rates. DA - 2010 DB - OpenUCT DO - 10.1186/1747-597X-5-25 DP - University of Cape Town J1 - Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2010 T1 - A prospective study of methamphetamine use as a predictor of high school non-attendance in Cape Town, South Africa TI - A prospective study of methamphetamine use as a predictor of high school non-attendance in Cape Town, South Africa UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14862 ER - | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14862 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1747-597X-5-25 | |
dc.identifier.vancouvercitation | Plüddemann A, Flisher AJ, McKetin R, Parry CD, Lombard CJ. A prospective study of methamphetamine use as a predictor of high school non-attendance in Cape Town, South Africa. Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy. 2010; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14862. | en_ZA |
dc.language.iso | eng | en_ZA |
dc.publisher | BioMed Central Ltd | en_ZA |
dc.publisher.department | Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry | en_ZA |
dc.publisher.faculty | Faculty of Health Sciences | en_ZA |
dc.publisher.institution | University of Cape Town | |
dc.rights | This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License | en_ZA |
dc.rights.holder | 2010 Plüddemann et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. | en_ZA |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 | en_ZA |
dc.source | Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy | en_ZA |
dc.source.uri | http://substanceabusepolicy.biomedcentral.com/ | en_ZA |
dc.subject.other | School Non-attendance | en_ZA |
dc.subject.other | Cannabis | en_ZA |
dc.subject.other | Methamphetamine | en_ZA |
dc.subject.other | Substance Abuse Prevention | en_ZA |
dc.subject.other | Substance Abuse Treatment | en_ZA |
dc.title | A prospective study of methamphetamine use as a predictor of high school non-attendance in Cape Town, South Africa | en_ZA |
dc.type | Journal Article | en_ZA |
uct.type.filetype | Text | |
uct.type.filetype | Image | |
uct.type.publication | Research | en_ZA |
uct.type.resource | Article | en_ZA |
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