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Alcohol Use Among Drivers of Commercial Vehicles in Calabar Nigeria: Pattern, Consequences and Social Determinants of Use - Couverture souple

Bello, Segun

 
9783846520390: Alcohol Use Among Drivers of Commercial Vehicles in Calabar Nigeria: Pattern, Consequences and Social Determinants of Use
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ISBN 10 : 384652039X ISBN 13 : 9783846520390
Editeur : LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2011

Synopsis

Hazardous use of alcohol is a public health problem which accounts for 4.0% of global disease burden. The prevalence of alcohol use among drivers of commercial vehicles has been documented, but little is known about the social determinants and consequences of alcohol use among them. This study was therefore carried out to assess the pattern, social determinants, and consequences of alcohol use among drivers of commercialvehicles in Calabar, southern Nigeria.A cross-sectional study was conducted among 360 commercial drivers. Eighteen out of 32 clusters of motor parks in Calabar were selected by simple ballot and all consenting drivers in the selected clusters were enrolled. An interviewer-administered, semi-structured questionnaire which included the World Health Organization alcohol use disorders identification test (AUDIT), was used to collect data. The prevalence of alcohol use was 84.4%. The largest contributor to the logistic model of alcohol use was concurrent use of other drugs. Features of dependence were exhibited by more than a third of participants. A multi-prong approach to alcohol control is recommended.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Hazardous use of alcohol is a public health problem which accounts for 4.0% of global disease burden. The prevalence of alcohol use among drivers of commercial vehicles has been documented, but little is known about the social determinants and consequences of alcohol use among them. This study was therefore carried out to assess the pattern, social determinants, and consequences of alcohol use among drivers of commercialvehicles in Calabar, southern Nigeria.A cross-sectional study was conducted among 360 commercial drivers. Eighteen out of 32 clusters of motor parks in Calabar were selected by simple ballot and all consenting drivers in the selected clusters were enrolled. An interviewer-administered, semi-structured questionnaire which included the World Health Organization alcohol use disorders identification test (AUDIT), was used to collect data. The prevalence of alcohol use was 84.4%. The largest contributor to the logistic model of alcohol use was concurrent use of other drugs. Features of dependence were exhibited by more than a third of participants. A multi-prong approach to alcohol control is recommended.

Biographie de l'auteur

Dr. Segun Bello is a public health physician and a researcher. He has published peer-reviewed articles in international journals and has worked as a researcher in both developing and developed countries. He is currently a researcher/PhD student at the Nordic Cochrane Centre, Copenhagen. Current research interests include bias in medical research.

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Éditeur
LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
Date d'édition
2011
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
384652039X
ISBN 13 
9783846520390
Reliure
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Nombre de pages
120
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