@article{ref1,
title="Phenomenology of substance use among school-going adolescents in Botswana",
journal="International journal of school health",
year="2018",
author="Schupmann, Will and Riva, Katherine and Mphele, Seipone and Moshashane, Neo and Matesva, Mitchelle and Lowenthal, Elizabeth",
volume="5",
number="4",
pages="e82879-e82879",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Increased rates of alcohol and drugs abuse has been noted among secondary school students in Botswana.   Objectives: We conducted nine student focus groups to elicit motivations for substance use as well as risk and mitigating factors.   Methods: Participants were purposely sampled from among 2,227 secondary school students surveyed regarding drug/alcohol use in secondary schools. Students were selected for focus group participation based on their scores on the alcohol use and dependency inventory tool (AUDIT) and self-reported risk factors for alcohol/drug use.   Results: Students reported that alcohol/drugs are readily available at school and at home. A prominent theme among substance users was inadequate support from parents, who they describe as uncomfortable and unwilling to talk about common issues faced during adolescence, including alcohol/drug use.   Conclusions: We identified opportunities to improve the current situation such as renewing efforts to restrict alcohol availability and focusing on parent-child communication interventions.   Keywords: Africa; Botswana; Alcohol; Drugs; Adolescents; Student; Support Protection Copyright © 2018, International Journal of School Health. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits copy and redistribute the material just in noncommercial usages, provided the original work is properly cited.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2345-5152",
doi="10.5812/intjsh.82879",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.5812/intjsh.82879"
}