A prospective study of methamphetamine use as a predictor of high school non-attendance in Cape Town, South Africa
| dc.contributor.author | Pluddemann, Andreas | |
| dc.contributor.author | Flisher, Alan J. | |
| dc.contributor.author | McKetin, Rebecca | |
| dc.contributor.author | Parry, Charles D. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Lombard, Carl J. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2010-12-13T10:03:08Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2010-12-13T10:03:08Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2010-10 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2010-11-12T07:01:18Z | |
| dc.description | Publication of this article was funded by the Stellenbosch University Open Access Fund. | |
| 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.description.version | Peer Reviewed | |
| dc.format.extent | 7 p. | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Plüddemann, A, Flisher, AJ, McKetin, R, Parry, CD & Lombard, CJ 2010, '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, 5(1):25. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1747-597X | |
| dc.identifier.other | http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1747-597X-5-25 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/5063 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_ZA |
| dc.language.rfc3066 | en | |
| dc.publisher | BioMed Central | en_ZA |
| dc.rights.holder | Pluddemann et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Methamphetamine | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Drug abuse | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | High school non-attendance | 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 | Article | en_ZA |