FACTORS INFLUENCING YOUTH TO ALCOHOLISM IN ISHAKA DIVISION BUSHENYI- ISHAKA MUNICIPALITY

ABSTRACT

Alcohol abuse and alcohol dependence among the youth has become a global burden

hindering development, imparting high expenditures on treatment and counseling the

victims of alcoholism as well as the accelerated domestic violence and its effects.

Uganda in general and Bushenyi Ishaka in particular alcohol constitutes an important

role for road traffic accidents and other related crimes. To assess the factors influencing

the youth to alcoholism, descriptive cross sectional study design quantitative in nature

was carried out. Using convenience sampling a total of 96 respondents were recruited

in to the study and all of the 96 questionnaires were returned completely filled. Majority

(71%) strongly agreed that social deprivation was a leading cause to alcoholism among

the youth. Other identified risks included personal characteristics (73%), mental

problems (63%) and peer influence and exposure being supported by 67.7% to be a

contributor to alcoholism among youth.

It is recommended that controlling advertisement through the media, hiking prices for

the alcoholic drinks and putting laws governing alcohol consumption among the youth

would reduce the trend.

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