Volume 14, Issue 3, September 2025

  • Research Article

    Khat Chewing and Associated Factors Among Elementary School Early Adolescent Students in Eastern Ethiopia: Multicenter Cross-sectional Study

    Ibrahim Adem, Tesfaye Gobena, Tariku Dingate, Dawit Abdi, Shimelis Tilahun, Kidist Mehari Azene, Rudwan Yasin, Olifan Getachew, Bethelhem Fekadeselassie Lemma, Jerman Dereje*

    Issue: Volume 14, Issue 3, September 2025
    Pages: 27-39
    Received: 17 January 2025
    Accepted: 16 June 2025
    Published: 14 July 2025
    DOI: 10.11648/j.sjcm.20251403.11
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    Abstract: Background: Khat chewing practices are common in the Arabian Peninsula and in Eastern Africa, including Ethiopia. Khat chewing is popular among adolescents in Ethiopia. However, there are no studies on the practice of Khat chewing among early adolescents in school children in the eastern part of the country, where the majority of khat in the countr... Show More