Fentaw Kenaw Derebe, Fenta Setegn Muche, Biresaw Hailegebrael Birhan
Department of Statistics, Debre Tabor University, Debre Tabor, Ethiopia.
Subst Abuse. 2022 May 20;16:11782218221101011. doi: 10.1177/11782218221101011. eCollection 2022.
East Africa is still home to one of the world's highest rates of substance user. Substance use is primarily associated with male behavior and is becoming one of the region's most public health issues.
The study included data from 11 East African countries' Demographic and Health Surveys. About 55 307 men were enrolled in the study and multilevel logistic regression model was applied.
East African countries had a 43.70% prevalence of substance abuse coverage. Education level, age, current working status, marital status, wealth index, media exposure, residence, and nation were all found to be statistically associated with substance use of males.
In East African countries, the prevalence of substance abuse among men was high. As a result, substance control programs should focus on the poor, not (least) educated, rural people, and adult age groups, who are the region's most vulnerable social groups.
东非仍是世界上药物使用者比率最高的地区之一。药物使用主要与男性行为相关，正成为该地区最严重的公共卫生问题之一。
该研究纳入了11个东非国家人口与健康调查的数据。约55307名男性参与了此项研究，并应用了多水平逻辑回归模型。
东非国家药物滥用覆盖率为43.70%。研究发现，教育水平、年龄、当前工作状况、婚姻状况、财富指数、媒体曝光度、居住地点和国家均与男性药物使用存在统计学关联。
在东非国家，男性药物滥用的患病率很高。因此，药物管制项目应关注贫困人口、受教育程度低者、农村人口以及成年年龄组，他们是该地区最脆弱的社会群体。
