PRACTICE OF STUDENTS OF KAMPALA SCHOOL OF HEALTH SCIENCES TOWARDS PREVENTION OF ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION, WAKISO DISTRICT. A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY.
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.51168/3ct0wy78Keywords:
Practice of students, Alcohol prevention, Medical-studentsAbstract
Background
Studies on social media use and alcohol consumption among students show that alcohol consumption in Uganda is related to several health consequences among young people. The study aims to assess the Practice of students of Kampala School of Health Sciences towards the prevention of alcohol consumption, in Wakiso District.
Methodology
The study adopted a cross-sectional quantitative research design involving 50 participants where Barton’s formula (1965) was used and were sampled by cluster sampling Technique. Data was collected using questionnaires written in closed-ended questions. This data was analyzed manually using calculators, tables, bar graphs, and pie charts.
Results
The majority of the respondents (40%) were pursuing Public Health and the least (10%) were pursuing Medical Laboratory. (70%) were single and the least (4%) were divorced. (44%) suggested that alcohol prevention programs should be school-based with the least of the respondents (1%) that nothing should be done as a way of preventing the consumption of alcohol in school. (72%) claimed that Health care professionals are trained in alcohol use prevention whereas less than half (28%) of the respondents said Health care professionals are not trained in alcohol use prevention. (62%) had average training on alcohol consumption prevention while the least (4%) of the respondents had not been trained on alcohol consumption prevention.
Conclusion
There were poor practices of alcohol prevention among medical students and revealed that most students lacked basic training on alcohol use prevention.
Recommendations
The administration of Kampala School of Health Sciences should come up with school-based practices that will keep students busy and also focus on reducing the chances of students engaging in alcohol consumption.
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