Drug Addiction and Substance Use Among the Dalit Married Adolescent Girls in Bangladesh: a Cross-Sectional Survey.

Dalits are referred to "shattered," "outcasts," and socially marginalized community in Bangladesh. In particular, Dalit adolescent girls are the most vulnerable owing to their caste and gender. Prior studies have looked at the prevalence and effects of drug addiction among the youths in mainstream p...

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Publicado en:International Journal of Mental Health & Addiction Vol. 20; no. 5; pp. 3145 - 3162
Autores principales: Haque, Md. Imdadul, Rani, Varoti, Chowdhury, ABM Alauddin, Akter, Tasnim, Hasan, Istiaque, Harun, Md. Golam Dostogir, Zafar Ullah, Abu Naser
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Publicado: Springer Nature Oct2022
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          Haque, Md. Imdadul
          Rani, Varoti
          Chowdhury, ABM Alauddin
          Akter, Tasnim
          Hasan, Istiaque
          Harun, Md. Golam Dostogir
          Zafar Ullah, Abu Naser
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          Department of Public Health, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Daffodil International University, 102/1 Shukrabad, Mirpur Road, Dhanmondi, 1207, Dhaka, Bangladesh
          Dhaka Medical College Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh
          SQUARE College of Nursing, 1205, Dhaka, Bangladesh
          Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry & Biomedical Sciences, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
          KIT Royal Tropical Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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        Bangladesh
        Dhaka (Bangladesh)
        Teenage girls
        Substance abuse
        Drug addiction
        Health behavior
        Married women
        People with drug addiction
        Statistical sampling
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          Teenage girls
          Substance abuse
          Drug addiction
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          Married women
          People with drug addiction
          Bangladesh
          Dhaka (Bangladesh)
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          Statistical sampling
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        Dalit community
        Married adolescent girls
        Risky behaviors
        Smoking
        Substance use
        Dalit community
        Married adolescent girls
        Risky behaviors
        Smoking
        Substance use
      ab: Dalits are referred to "shattered," "outcasts," and socially marginalized community in Bangladesh. In particular, Dalit adolescent girls are the most vulnerable owing to their caste and gender. Prior studies have looked at the prevalence and effects of drug addiction among the youths in mainstream population, but the Dalit adolescents were excluded from the samples. The study aimed to investigate the prevalence of drug addiction and substance use among the Dalit married adolescent girls (MAGs), and to identify the significant predictors associated with this addiction. A cross-sectional survey was carried out among 300 MAGs in the Dalit community. Involving systematic random sampling, participants were selected from both urban and rural settings located in Dhaka and Gaibandha districts. Bivariate and multivariate logistic regressions were performed to explore the significant factors associated with drug addiction. The prevalence of drug addiction was 11.3% among married Dalit adolescent girls. Multivariate analysis identified that participants' habit of smoking (AOR=5.210, 95% CI=2.413–11.250), participant's husband's habit of smoking (AOR=10.415, 95% CI=3.911–27.739), and habit of using alcohol/highly risky substances (AOR=19.030, 95% CI=6.481–55.875) were significant associated with drug addiction. An alarming proportion of Dalit adolescent girls were recorded to be habituated in various forms of drugs use. Therefore, immediate policy measures focusing intensive campaigns, targeted counseling, and health education programs need to design to get over the risky health behaviors.
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