Abstract
Few studies have examined how exposure to substance influences adolescent’s use of substance in Timor-Leste. We assessed this relationship using nationally representative data from Timor-Leste to address this gap. Data was pulled from the 2015 Timor-Leste Global school-based student health survey. Data of students aged 13-17years (N = 3700) from class 7–11 across schools in Timor-Leste were analyzed for this study. Second-hand smoking exposure (AOR = 1.57 [1.31, 1.89] and parental tobacco use, AOR = 1.94 [1.54, 2.44]) was significantly related to in-school adolescent’s current use of substance after adjusting for covariates. Current substance use was also positively associated with being male, being in class 10–12, and being food insecure and negatively associated with having at least three close friends and benefiting from parental supervision. To reduce substance use among in-school adolescents, policymakers must consider the inclusion of all models in the social learning environment of adolescents in Timor-Leste.
Original language | English |
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Article number | e0000797 |
Number of pages | 16 |
Journal | PLOS Global Public Health |
Volume | 2 |
Issue number | 8 |
Early online date | 4 Aug 2022 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 4 Aug 2022 |
Bibliographical note
We appreciate the WHO for making the dataset used in this study publicly and freely available. We are grateful to the Research Empowerment Network (REN) for the training support in data management and academic writing.Copyright: © 2022 Adade et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.