Short term effect of an empowerment education intervention on substance use among adolescents living in peri-urban communities, Abuja, Nigeria
Physiological and emotional changes during adolescence increases their vulnerability to the adoption of risky behaviour such as substance use. Hence, adolescence has been reported to be a critical risk period for initiating the use of substances [1]. In Nigeria, research has shown a high prevalence...
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Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin, Malaysia.
2022
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Summary: | Physiological and emotional changes during adolescence increases their vulnerability to the adoption of risky behaviour such as substance use. Hence, adolescence has been reported to be a critical risk period for initiating the use of substances [1]. In Nigeria, research has shown a high prevalence of substance use among adolescents |
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