CONTENTS 1. Reducing HIV Prevalence Through Promoting and Sustaining Behaviour Change among People Who Inject Drugs (PWlDs) in Nigeria by Boniface Oguche, Udeme Peter-ljeh, Bede Eziefule 2. Perception of Causes and Treatment for Drug Use Disorder among Youths in Mmaku, Enugu State, Nigeria by Innocent Ahamefule Nwosu 3. Factors Affecting the Management of Substance Use Disorders: Evidence from Selected Service
People Who Inject Drugs (PWIDs) are individuals (male or female) who indulge in this behaviour for recreational or non-therapeutic purposes. Most people who inject drugs fall between the age range of 15 and 49. Accurate knowledge of HIV amongst them is relatively low (30.7%). Risk perception is also generally low with just about 23% considering themselves to be at risk
Drug abuse has been in existence since the primitive era. The history of the human race has been the history of drug abuse itself. The consumption or use of drugs does not necessarily constitute evil. Drugs properly administered, have been a medical blessing. However, human beings have used chemicals to alter their behaviour even in primitive societies. At that time,
Globally, it is estimated that in 2012, some 243 million people corresponding to about 5.2% of the world population aged 15-64 had used an illicit drug at least once in the previous year (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), 2014). Although the extent of illicit drug use among men and women varies from country to country and in
The use of illicit psychoactive substances is a significant public health problem among sex workers. national surveys of sex work in the United States suggest that the rate of drug use among sex workers is up to 80% (Alexander, 1998). The link between illicit drug use and sex work is complex, and there is no consensus on the existence of
In the past, cases of substance abuse were commonly linked to the adult population until the 1980’s when the world began to witness the spread of psychoactive use to the younger populations (World Health Organization (WHO) 2005). More cases of psychoactive substances abuse among adolescents have been reported in Nigeria. For instance, Azuike, Oni and Dirisu (2012), noted that substance
Stress appears to represent a variety of response manifested as anxiety, emotional tension, frustration, anger, and inability to adjust to a situation, or difficulty with judgment and decision making process. It can be temporary, recurrent, or continual; recurrent and continual types can lead to physiological and psychological exhaustion (Lazarus, 2000). Originally, stress is traced to Selye’s (1936) work who defined
Taxi driving is an age long profession that has traveled down generations of families. It is an essential aspect of human existence and development. Everywhere development persists, there is a need to convey people from one point to another and as expansion takes place, people work, conduct business and carry out visits even further and further away from their point
Alcohol use starts on a pleasurable note but has considerable health and social burdens when it becomes heavy. The burden of alcohol affects the drinker’s health and finance, as well as those around the drinker. (Anderson & Baumberg, 2006) Harmful drinking according to World Health Organisation’s (WHO) report (2010), weakens the drinker’s immune system and is a major determinant for
Globally, the rise in substance abuse among young people have been documented, there is however a decline in the age of an average drug user. Younger people are into substance usage. Substance abuse is a significant problem among school-age youth. National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH,2007), an annual survey sponsored by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services