The Role of Social Media in the Prevalence of Substance Abuse Among Secondary School Students in Ikere Local Government Area of Ekiti State

Aribamikan Collins Gboyega

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The Role of Social Media in the Prevalence of Substance Abuse Among Secondary School Students in Ikere Local Government Area of Ekiti State

Aribamikan Collins Gboyega

Published in Journal of Health and Environmental Research (Volume 8, Issue 3)

Received: 15 December 2021 Accepted: 23 May 2022 Published: 17 August 2022

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Abstract

This study investigated the role of social media in reducing the prevalence of substance abuse among secondary school students in Ikere local government area of Ekiti State. This was necessitated by the observed growing influence of social media on the substance use among teenagers in the study area. The descriptive type of research design was used for the study. A total of 360 persons were included in the sample. The technique used was simple random sampling. To test the hypotheses at the 0.05 level of significance, the data obtained from the administered questionnaire was analyzed using inferential statistics of Pearson Product Moment Correlation (PPMC) and regression analysis. It was found that there was significant relationship between social media and substance use; there was significant influence of social media on sensitizing the students about the risk of substance use; there was significant in creating awareness of health implications of substance use; there was significant influence of information gained on social media in eradicating substance use and finally, social media significantly helped to increase the effectiveness of substance use prevention among secondary school students in the study area. It was therefore recommended that information, programmes and podcasts that dissuades teenagers and adolescents from substance abuse should be made to go viral on social media and any information on substance abuse to be passed across to teenagers and adolescents in the society should be made through social media platforms as a larger percentage of teenagers are social media users.

Published in	Journal of Health and Environmental Research (Volume 8, Issue 3)
DOI	10.11648/j.jher.20220803.12
Page(s)	180-185
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Adolescents, Social Media, Substance Abuse, Teenagers

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Aribamikan Collins Gboyega. The Role of Social Media in the Prevalence of Substance Abuse Among Secondary School Students in Ikere Local Government Area of Ekiti State. J Health Environ Res. 2022;8(3):180-185. doi: 10.11648/j.jher.20220803.12

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Aribamikan Collins Gboyega

Department of Human Kinetics and Health Education, Bamidele Olumilua University of Education, Science and Technology, Ikere Ekiti, Nigeria

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