Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in
Book cover

The Palgrave Handbook of African Women's Studies pp 1–21Cite as

Palgrave Macmillan

African Young Women and Alcohol and Substance Abuse

  • Living reference work entry
  • First Online:

  • 147 Accesses

Abstract

Alcohol disorder, substance, and drug abuse constitute a big public health problem in sub-Saharan Africa. The high levels of episodic alcohol consumption by young female drinkers and the increasing substance and drug abuse in that African subregion are troubling because of the association between harmful consumption of alcohol and drugs, and health and social consequences like domestic violence, HIV infection, and other disorders associated with stress and pregnancy. This chapter sought to examine the nature of, extent of, and health impact of alcohol and substance abuse on African young women. In pursuing this objective, we selected seven African countries from three subregions: Southern Africa (South Africa and Botswana), East Africa (Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda), and West Africa (Nigeria and Ghana).

Results from analysis of available literature about the selected countries showed a common trend of prevalence of heavy episodic drinking in all the countries but more especially in South Africa, Kenya, Uganda, and Botswana. The types of alcohol used included fortified wines, rice wine, palm wine, or other fermented beverages made of banana, sorghum, millet, or maize, as well as beer and imported spirits/liquor. Other drugs/substances abused are tramadol, cigarette, and marijuana. The average age of onset of drug and alcohol use is 10 (but usually between 10 and 19). High levels of alcohol consumption and lifetime drinking were associated with out-of-school young women. For female students, alcohol and drug use were seen as constituting a social capital used to prove that they are equal to their male counterparts in their capability to drink heavily. Parental drug use, relegation to the margins of society, deprivation, poverty, financial gain from older male clients, sociocultural isolation, and environmental stressors contributed to the explained variance in adolescent alcohol and drug use. There was also a strong association between alcohol and drug use and sexual risk behaviors like victimhood, sexual violence, and STIs infection.

The canker of drug and alcohol abuse among young sub-Saharan women can be mitigated by programs targeting women to educate them on the negative consequences of alcohol and drug use on their various dimensions of health – physical, social, spiritual, emotional, financial, environmental, psychological, etc. Cessation therapy is highly recommended for those with addiction problems. Future research should target the impact of alcohol and drug use on African women’s reproductive health and infant health as well as on alcohol and drug abuse in North and Central Africa given the relative dearth of literature on those two subregions.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution.

References

  • Acuda, W., Othieno, C. J., Obondo, A., & Crome, I. B. (2011). The epidemiology of addiction in Sub-Saharan Africa: A synthesis of reports, reviews, and original articles. American Journal of Addiction Psychaitry, 20(2), 87–99.

    Google Scholar 

  • Adelekan, M. L., Makanjuola, A. B., & Ndom, R. J. E. (2001). 5-yearly monitoring of trends of substance use among secondary school students in Ilorin, Nigeria 1988–98. West African Journal of Medicine, 20, 28–36.

    Google Scholar 

  • Adeyiga, G., Emilia, A., Udofia, E. A., & Yawson, A. E. (2014). Factors associated with alcohol consumption: A survey of women childbearing at a National Referral Hospital in Accra, Ghana. African Journal of Reproductive Health, 18(2), 152–165.

    Google Scholar 

  • Babalola, S., Tambashe, B. O., & Vondrasek, C. (2005). Parental factors and sexual risk-taking among young people in Cote d’Ivoire. African Journal of Reproductive Health, 9(1), 49–65.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Berman, J. D., Greene, J. L., & Patts, G. (2007). “Real” men and women: Identifying and addressing barriers to delayed sexual debut among adolescents in eight African countries (PSI Research Division working paper no. 67). Washington, D.C: Population Services International.

    Google Scholar 

  • Breslow, R. A., & Smothers, B. (2004). Drinking patterns of older Americans: National Health Interview surveys, 1997–2001. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 65, 232–240.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Brook, J. S., Morojele, N. K., Pah, K., & Brook, D. W. (2004). Predictors of drug use among South African adolescents. Journal of Adolescent Health, 38(1), 26–34.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Case, A. (2001). Does money protect health status? Evidence from South African pensions (Center for Health and Wellbeing #4). Princeton: Princeton University.

    Book  Google Scholar 

  • Choudhry, V., Agardh, A., Stafström, M., & Östergren, P.-O. (2014). Patterns of alcohol consumption and risky sexual behavior: A cross-sectional study among Ugandan university students. BMC Public Health, 14, 128. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-14-128.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Darabi, L. B. A., Serumaga, K., Neema, S., Kidombo, R., Ahemd, H., & Banoba, P. (2008). Protecting the next generation in Uganda: New evidence on adolescent sexual and reproductive health needs. New York: Guttmacher Institute.

    Google Scholar 

  • DeWit, D. J., Adlaf, E. M., Offord, D. R., & Ogborne, A. C. (2000). Age at first alcohol use: A risk factor for the development of alcohol disorders. American Journal of Psychiatry, 157(5), 745–750.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Dumbili, E. W. (2015). What a man can do, a woman can do better’: Gendered alcohol consumption and (de)construction of social identity among young Nigerians. BMC Public Health, 15, 167. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-015-1499-6.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Ebirim, I. C., & Mayowa, M. O. (2011). Prevalence and perceived health effect of alcohol use among male undergraduate students in Owerri, South-East Nigeria: A descriptive cross-sectional study. BMC Public Health, 11, 118. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-11-118.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Enekwechi, E. E. (1996). Gender differences in motivation for alcohol use among Nigerian university students. Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education, 41, 1–10.

    Google Scholar 

  • Fatusi, A. O., & Blum, R. W. (2008). Predictors of early sexual initiation among a nationally representative sample of Nigerian adolescents. BMC Public Health, 8, 136.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Fisher, J. C., Bang, H., & Kapiga, S. H. (2007). The association between HIV infection and alcohol use: A systematic review and meta-analysis of African studies. Sex Transmission Discourse, 34(11), 856–863.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Ghana Food & Drugs Authority. (2017). https://www.modernghana.com/news/817294/food-drugs-authority-warns-against-abuse-of-tramadol.html

  • Gordon, E., Golanty, E., & Brown, K. M. (2002). Health and wellness. Sudbury: Jones and Bartlett Publishers.

    Google Scholar 

  • Government of Uganda. (2016). The HIV prevalence in the general population. Ministry of Health Report. Kampala: Uganda, 18 Jul 2016.

    Google Scholar 

  • Gureje, O., Degenhardt, L., Olley, B., Uwakwe, R., Udofia, O., Wakil, A., Adeyemi, O. O., Bohnert, K. M., & Anthony, J. O. (2007). A descriptive epidemiology of substance use and substance use disorders in Nigeria during the early 21st century. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 91(1, 2), 1–9.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Hao, W., Zhonhua, S., Binglun, L., Zhang, K., Yang, H., Chen, S., et al. (2004). Drinking and drinking patterns and health systems in the general population of five areas of China. Alcohol and Alcoholism, 39, 43–52.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Hingson, R. W., Heeren, T., & Winter, M. R. (2006). Age at drinking onset and alcohol dependence: Age at onset, duration, and severity. Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 160(7), 739–746.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Igwe, W. C., Ngozi, O., Ejiofor, S. O., Emechebe, G. O., & Ibe, B. C. (2007). Socio-demographic correlates of psychoactive substance abuse among secondary school students in Enugu, Nigeria. European Journal of Social Sciences, 12(2), 277.

    Google Scholar 

  • Imaledo, J. A., Peter-Kio, O. B., & Asuquo, E. O. (2012). Pattern of risky sexual behavior and associated factors among undergraduate students of the University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria. Pan African Medical Journal, 12(1), 97.

    Google Scholar 

  • Kaaya, S. F., Flisher, A. J., Mbwambo, J. K., Schaalma, H., Aaro, L. E., & Klepp, K. I. (2002). A review of studies of sexual behaviour of school students in sub-Saharan Africa. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, 30(2), 148–160.

    Google Scholar 

  • Kaithuru, P. N., & Stephen, A. (2015). Alcoholism and its impact on work force: A case of Kenya Meteorological Station, Nairobi. Journal of Alcohol Drug Dependency, 3, 192–196. https://doi.org/10.4172/2329-6488.1000192

  • Kalichman, S. C., Simbayi, L. C., Kaufman, M., Cain, D., & Sean, J. (2007). Alcohol use and sexual risks for HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa: Systematic review of empirical findings. Prevention Science, 8, 141.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Kalichman, S. C., Simbayi, L. C., Vermaak, R., Cain, D., Smith, G., Mthebu, J., & Joosete, S. (2008).Randomized trial of a community-based alcohol-related HIV riskreduction intervention for men and women in Cape Town South Africa. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 36, 270–279.

    Google Scholar 

  • Kemm, J. (2003). An analysis by birth cohort of alcohol consumption by adults in Great Britain 1978–1998. Alcohol and Alcoholism, 2, 147.

    Google Scholar 

  • Kenyan National Authority for Campaign against Alcohol and Drug Abuse NACADA. (2007). Rapid situation assessment of alcohol and drug abuse in Kenya. Nairobi: NACADA Authority.

    Google Scholar 

  • Kenyan National Authority for Campaign against Alcohol and Drug Abuse NACADA. (2011). Promotion of evidence-based campaign. National alcohol and drug abuse research workshop 2011 report. Nairobi: NACADAA.

    Google Scholar 

  • Kesmodel, U., Wisborg, K., Olsen, S. F., Henriksen, T. B., & Sechler, N. J. (2002). Moderate alcohol intake in pregnancy and the risk of spontaneous abortion. Alcohol and Alcoholism, 37(1), 87–92.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Khamasi, J. W., & Muita, W. (2007). Sexuality in the media report: Implications for educational leadership. Paper presentation at Kenya Association of Educational.

    Google Scholar 

  • King, G., Flisher, A. J., Noubary, F., Reece, R., Marias, A., & Lombard, C. (2004). Substance abuse and behavioral correlates of sexual assault among South African adolescents. Child Abuse & Neglect, 28(6), 683–696.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Lyons, A. N., Dalton, S. I., & Hoy, A. (2006). Hardcore drinking’: Portrayals of alcohol consumption in young women’s and men’s magazines. Journal of Health Psychology, 11(2), 223–232.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Madu, S. M., & Matla, M.-Q. P. (2003). Illicit drug use, cigarette smoking and alcohol drinking behaviour among a sample of high school adolescents in the Pietersburg area of the Northern Province, South Africa. Journal of Adolescence, 26(1), 121–136.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Mbatia, J., Jenkins, R., Singleton, N., & White, B. (2009). Prevalence of alcohol consumption and hazardous drinking, tobacco and drug use in urban Tanzania, and their associated risk factors. International Journal Environmental Research in Public Health, 6, 1991–2006. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph6071991.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Molamu, L., & Macdonald, D. (1996). Alcohol abuse among the Basarwa of the Kgalagadi and Ghanzi Districts in Botswana. Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy, 3(2), 145–152.

    Google Scholar 

  • Morojele, N. K., Brook, J. S., & Kachieng’, A. (2006). Perceptions of sexual risk behaviours and substance abuse among adolescents in South Africa: A qualitative investigation. AIDS Care. Psychological and Socio-medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV, 18(3), 215–219.

    Google Scholar 

  • Morsntz, G., Cole, D., Vreeman, R., Ayaya, S., Ayuku, D., & Braitstein, P. (2013). Child abuse and neglect among orphaned children and youth living in extended families in sub-Saharan Africa: What have we learned from qualitative inquiry? Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies, 8(4), 338–352.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • National Council for Law Reporting (2012). Annual Report. Nairobi, Kenya.

    Google Scholar 

  • Obot, I. S., Karuri, G., & Ibanga, A. J. (2003). Substance use and other risky behaviours of secondary school students in a Nigerian urban area. African Journal of Drug and Alcohol Studies, 2, 58–66.

    Google Scholar 

  • Obot, I. S. (2005a). Substance use among students and out-of-school youth in an urban area of Nigeria. In: Obot, I. & Saxena, S., (eds). Substance Use Among Young People in Urban Environments, pp. 133–146. Geneva: World Health Organization (WHO).

    Google Scholar 

  • Obot, I. S. (2005b). Bridging the gap: the challenges and promise of addiction journal publishing in Africa [Editorial]. Addiction, 100, 1210–1211.

    Google Scholar 

  • Obot, I. (2013). Alcohol marketing in Africa: Not an ordinary business. African Journal of Drug Alcohol Studies, 12, 63–73.

    Google Scholar 

  • Odejide, A. O. (2006). Status of drug use/abuse in Africa: A review. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 4(2), 87–102.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Olabisi, A., Odejide, J. U., Ohaeri, M. L., & Adelekan, B. A. I. (1987). Drinking behaviour and social change among youths in Nigeria – A study of two cities. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 20(3), 227–233.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Olley, B. O., & Ajiteru, A. (2001). Determinants of alcohol use among female university students in Nigeria. Journal of Social Science, 5, 161–167.

    Google Scholar 

  • Olugbenga-Bello, A., Wasiu, O., Adebimpe, W. O., & Abodunrin, O. L. (2009). Sexual risk behavior among in-school adolescents in public secondary schools in a southwestern City in Nigeria. International Journal of Health Research, 2(3), 243–251.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Omokhodiun, F. O., & Faseru, B. O. (2007). Perception of cigarette smoking and advertisement among senior secondary school students in Ibadan, Southwestern Nigeria. West African Journal of Medicine, 26, 206–209.

    Google Scholar 

  • Omolola, F. F., Olusegun, F. A., Ogunlaja, O. A., Ebun, A. S., Olufemi, A. T., Ogunlaja, I. P., & Akinbode, O. O. (2018). Prevalence and predictors of early sexual debut among adolescents in Ogbomoso, Nigeria. American Journal of Public Health Research, 6(3), 148–154. https://doi.org/10.12691/ajphr-6-3-4.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Onigbodun, O. O., & Babalola, O. (2004). Psychodynamics of psychoactive substance misuse among Nigerian adolescents. Annals African Medicine, 3, 111–115.

    Google Scholar 

  • Page, R. M., & Hall, C. P. (2009). Psychosocial distress and alcohol use as factors in adolescent sexual behavior among sub-Saharan African adolescents. Journal of School Health, 79(8), 369–379.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Patrick, M. E., Collins, L. M., Smith, E., Cladwell, L., Flisher, A., & Wegner, L. (2009). A prospective longitudinal model of substance use onset among South African adolescents. Substance Use & Misuse, 44(5), 647–662.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Peltzer, K., Ramalangan, S., Johnson, B. D., & Phaswana-Mafuya, N. (2010). Illicit drug use and treatment in South Africa: A review. Substance Use and Misuse, 45(13), 2221–2243.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Phorano, O., Nthomang, K., & Ntseane, D. (2005). Alcohol abuse, gender-based violence and HIV/AIDS in Botswana: Establishing the link based on empirical evidence. Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS: An Open Access Journal, 2(1), 188–202.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Presley, C. A., Meilman, P. W., & Lyerla, R. (1995). Alcohol and drugs on American college campuses: Use, consequences, and perceptions of the campus environment, volume II: 1990–92. Carbondale: Core Institute, Southern Illinois University.

    Google Scholar 

  • Probst, C., Merey, A., Rylett, M., & Rehm, J. (2018). Unrecorded alcohol use: A global modelling study on Delphi assessments and survey data. Addiction, 113(7), 1231–1241.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Reddy, P., Resnicow, K., Omardien, R., & Kambaran, N. (2006). Prevalence and correlates of substance use among high school students in South Africa and the United States. American Journal of Public Health, 97(10), 1859–1864.

    Google Scholar 

  • Rostrup, M., Edwards, J. K., Abukalish, M., Ezzabi, M., Some, D., Ritter, H., Menge, T., Abdelrahman, A., Rootwelt, R., Janssens, B., Lind, K., Passmaa, R., & Hovda, K. (2016). The Methanol Poisoning Outbreaks in Libya 2013 and Kenya 2014. PLoS ONE 11(3), e0157256.

    Google Scholar 

  • Scott-Sheldon L., Carey K., Carey M., Cain D., Simbayi L., Kalichman S. (20114). Alcohol Use Disorder, Contexts of Alcohol Use, and the Risk of HIV Transmission among South African Male Patrons of Shebeens. Drug and Alcohol Dependence (140), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2014.04.022

  • Sebego, M., Naumann, R. B., Rudd, R. A., Voetsch, K., Dellinger, A. M., & Ndlovu, C. (2014). The impact of alcohol and road traffic policies on crash rates in Botswana, 2004–2011: A time-series analysis. Accident; Analysis and Prevention, 70, 33–39.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Seedat, S., Scott, K. M., Angermeyer, M. C., Berglund, P., Bromet, E. J., et al. (2009). Cross-National Associations between Gender and Mental Disorders in the World Health Organization World Mental Health Surveys. Arch Gen Psychiatry, 66(7), 785–795.

    Google Scholar 

  • Seloilwe, E. S. (2005). Factors that influence the spread of HIV/AIDS among students of the University of Botswana. Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care, 16(3), 3–10.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Simbee, G. (2012). Prevalence of substance use and psychosocial influencing factors among secondary school students in Dodoma municipality. MMed (Psychiatry) Dissertation Muhimbili, University of Health and Allied Sciences.

    Google Scholar 

  • Sinkamba, R. P. (2015). Alcohol abuse and interventions strategies in Botswana and China: A preliminary study. Pula: Botswana Journal of African Studies, 29(1), 157–170.

    Google Scholar 

  • Tan, C. H., Denny, C. H., Cheal, N. E., Sniezek, J. E., & Kanny, D. (2015). Alcohol use and binge drinking among women of childbearing age. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Rreport, 64, 1042–1046.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Thula, M. (2015). Overview of mental health and substance abuse issues in Botswana. A paper presented at “The challenge of drug and substance abuse in Southern Africa: Thinking globally, acting locally.”

    Google Scholar 

  • Topouzis, D. (1994). The socio-economic impact of HIV/AIDS on rural families with an emphasis on youth in Uganda (Rep. No. TCP/UGA/2256). Kampala: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

    Google Scholar 

  • Tumwesigye, N. M., & Kasirye, R. (2005). Gender and the major consequences of alcohol consumption in Uganda. In O. Isidore & R. Robin (Eds.), Alcohol, gender and drinking problems (pp. 189–208). Geneva: WHO Press.

    Google Scholar 

  • Tumwesigye, N. M., Tuyambe, L., Kibira, S. P. S., Wabwire-Mamgen, F., Tushemerirwe, F., & Wagner, G. J. (2013). Religion and religiosity have anything to do with alcohol consumption patterns? Evidence from two fish landing sites on Lake Victoria Uganda. Substance Use & Misuse, 48(12), 1130–1137.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • UBOS & ORC Macro. (2001). Uganda demographic and health survey 2000–2001. Calverton: Uganda Bureau of Statistics and ORC Macro.

    Google Scholar 

  • Uganda Aids Commission: Young people, Health, HIV, AIDS and Development. (2007). Kampala: Uganda Aids Commission.

    Google Scholar 

  • Uganda Bureau of Statistics: Uganda Demographic and Health Survey 2006. (2007). Calverton: Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) and Macro International.

    Google Scholar 

  • Uganda Ministry of Health and ICF International. (2011). Uganda AIDS indicator survey: Key findings. 2012, Calverton: MOH and ICF International.

    Google Scholar 

  • WebMD. (2019a). What is alcohol disorder. https://www.webmd.com/mental-health/addiction/what-is-alcohol-abuse#1. Accessed 4 July 2019.

  • WebMD. (2019b). What is drug addiction? https://www.webmd.com/mental-health/addiction/what-is-alcohol-abuse#1. Accessed 4 July 2019.

  • Wechsberg, W. M., Luseno, W. K., & Lam, W. K. (2006). Violence against substance-abusing South African sex workers: Intersection with culture and HIV risk. AIDS Care. Psychological and Sociomedical Aspects of HIV/AIDS, 17(1), 55–64.

    Google Scholar 

  • Wechsberg, W. M., Luseno, W. K., Karg, R. S., Young, S., Rodman, N., Myers, B., & Parry, C. D. H. (2007). Alcohol, cannabis, and methamphetamine use and other risk behaviours among Black and Coloured South African women: A small randomized trial in the Western Cape. International Journal of Drug Policy, 19(2), 130–139.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Wekesa, M., & Waudo, J. (2013). The effects of alcohol and drug abuse on work performance of employees in selected star rated hotels at the Kenyan Coast. Nairobi: Kenyatta University.

    Google Scholar 

  • Willis, J. (2006). Drinking crisis: Change and continuity in cultures of drinking in sub-Saharan Africa. African Journal on Drug and Alcohol Studies, 5, 1–15.

    Google Scholar 

  • World Health Organization (2004). World Health Report. Geneva: WHO.

    Google Scholar 

  • World Health Organization. (2011). Global status report on alcohol and health. Geneva: WHO.

    Google Scholar 

  • World Health Organization (2018). World Health Statistics. Monitoring Health for the Sustainable Development Goals. Geneva: WHO.

    Google Scholar 

  • Zablotska, I. B., Gray, R. H., Koenig, M. A., Serwadda, D., Nalugoda, F., Kigozi, G., Sewankambo, N., Lotalo, T., Mangen, F. W., & Wawer, M. (2006). Alcohol use before sex and HIV acquisition: A longitudinal study in Rakai, Uganda. AIDS, 20(8), 1191–1196.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Zablotska, I. B., Gray, R. H., Koenig, M. A., Serwadda, D., Nalugoda, F., Kigozi, G., Lotalo, T., Mangen, F. W., & Wawer, M. (2009). Alcohol use, intimate partner violence, sexual coercion and HIV among women aged 15–24 in Rakai, Uganda. AIDS and Behavior, 13(2), 225–233.

    Article  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. School of Public Health, Indiana University, Bloomington, IA, USA

    Cecilia S. Obeng

  2. Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IA, USA

    Barnabas Obeng-Gyasi

Authors
  1. Cecilia S. Obeng
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Barnabas Obeng-Gyasi
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Cecilia S. Obeng .

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Political Science and Public Administration, Babcock University , Ilishan Remo, Nigeria

    Olajumoke Yacob-Haliso

  2. Department of History, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA

    Toyin Falola

Section Editor information

  1. Department of Political Science and Public Administration, Babcock University, Ilishan Remo, Nigeria

    Olajumoke Yacob-Haliso

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2019 The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG

About this entry

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this entry

Obeng, C.S., Obeng-Gyasi, B. (2019). African Young Women and Alcohol and Substance Abuse. In: Yacob-Haliso, O., Falola, T. (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of African Women's Studies. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77030-7_38-1

Download citation

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77030-7_38-1

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Publisher Name: Palgrave Macmillan, Cham

  • Print ISBN: 978-3-319-77030-7

  • Online ISBN: 978-3-319-77030-7

  • eBook Packages: Springer Reference HistoryReference Module Humanities and Social SciencesReference Module Humanities

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation