Investigation of the Prevalence and factors Influencing Tobacco and Alcohol use among Adolescents in Nigeria: A systematic literature review

Ekpenyong, Mandu S. and Jagun, Halimat and Stephen, Hope A. and Bakre, Aishat T. and Odejimi, Opeyemi and Miller, Eula and Nyashanu, Mathew and Bosun-Arije, Stella F. (2024) Investigation of the Prevalence and factors Influencing Tobacco and Alcohol use among Adolescents in Nigeria: A systematic literature review. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. p. 111091. ISSN 03768716 (In Press)

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Abstract

The increase in tobacco and alcohol prevalence among Nigerian teenagers necessitates the need to understand the factors influencing use. The aim of this systematic literature review was to synthesis evidence from studies on tobacco and alcohol use among Nigerian adolescents and young adults in order to determine factors influencing tobacco and alcohol use. Six databases MEDLINE, Embase, CINAHL, PsycINFO, PubMed, ScienceDirect, and Google Scholar were used to search for peer-reviewed articles reporting the prevalence and predictors of tobacco and alcohol use among adolescents/youths published between 2010 to 2022. The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta‐Analyses (PRISMA) guided this review. From our search, twelve articles from the 6 geopolitical zones within Nigeria were included. The high prevalence of tobacco and alcohol use among Nigerian adolescents necessitates the need to understand the factors influencing use. A high prevalence rate was recorded among the male gender. Gender, age, and curiosity appear to place adolescents at extra risk for tobacco and alcohol use. Lack of parental monitoring, peer influence, low socio-economic status, low education level, stressful life events, advertisements, availability, and accessibility are factors identified to influence adolescents’ alcohol and tobacco use. Alcohol and tobacco use remains a major public health problem as it continues to contribute largely to the growing burden of diseases globally. Our review showed that adolescents’ alcohol and tobacco use behaviour is triggered by various factors on the personal, interpersonal, organisational, community, and policy levels, and these factors are understood to predict or protect against alcohol and tobacco use.

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Additional Information: ** Article version: AM ** From Elsevier via Jisc Publications Router ** History: accepted 10-01-2024; issued 01-02-2024. ** Licence for AM version of this article starting on 25-01-2024: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HM Sociology
R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
Divisions: Institutes and Academies > Institute of Education and Humanities > Academic Discipline: Humanities and Social Sciences
SWORD Depositor: JISC Publications Router
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Date Deposited: 08 Feb 2024 11:26
Last Modified: 23 Aug 2024 01:18
URI: https://repository.uwtsd.ac.uk/id/eprint/2832

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