Motivations for drug use and problematic outcomes among rural junior high school students

The major objective of this study was to examine factors related to intentions to use drugs in the future by urban junior high school students. One hundred forty-eight subjects enrolled in Health Education classes were administered four questionnaires during two consecutive classroom sessions: 1) the Stanford University Drug Evaluation Questionnaire; 2) the Drug Attitude Scale of the Pennsylvania State University Drug Education Evaluation Scale; 3) the Self-Observation Scales; and 4) the School Atmosphere Questionnaire. The results indicated that: adolescents who currently report using drugs had a significantly higher mean anticipatory use score than those who reported that they did not use drugs; subjects who had friends who used drugs had a higher mean anticipatory drug use score than subjects who did not have friends who used drugs; adolescents with a pro-drug attitude had more ambiguous feelings toward future drug use when compared to adolescents who were anti-drug; subjects who were low in self-security and teacher affiliation anticipated using drugs more than subjects high in self-security and teacher affiliation. Current drug use, friend's drug use, attitude toward drugs and self-concept all play an important role in the adolescent's intentions to use drugs in the future.

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Upaya Peningkatan Pengetahuan dan Sikap Siswa SMP dalam Pencegahan Penggunaan NAPZA

JURNAL PROMOSI KESEHATAN INDONESIA ◽

10.14710/jpki.15.2.42-50 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 15 (2) ◽

pp. 42-50

Author(s):

Heryanto Sumbung ◽

Evi Martha

Keyword(s):

High School ◽

High School Students ◽

Drug Use ◽

Junior High School ◽

Junior High ◽

Junior High School Students ◽

P Value ◽

School Students ◽

Post Test ◽

Knowledge And Attitude

Background: Ransiki is a district in South Manokwari Regency which was a new division in West Papua Province. Junior high school students in Ransiki are at risk of drug use. An effort should be made to improve the knowledge and attitude of junior high school students as a form of prevention of drug use. This study aimed to improve knowledge and attitude for the prevention of drug use in junior high school students in Ransiki using the training module "Pengenalan Bahaya NAPZA bagi Kesehatan".Method: This was a Pre Experimental study using the one group pre-test and post-test design. The study samples were 60 students. Samples were determined by purposive sampling. The intervention was conducted by providing module training for five meetings. The pre-test and post-test of students were analyzed using the Dependent T-test.Results: The results showed there was a significant relationship between the mean score of students’ knowledge before the intervention (39.44) and after the intervention (77.77) (p-value = 0.0001). There was a significant relationship between the mean score of students’ attitudes before the intervention (73.40) and after the intervention (82.40) (p-value = 0.0001). The training module "Pengenalan Bahaya NAPZA bagi Kesehatan" can be used to improve students' knowledge and attitude to prevent drug use in junior high school students of South Manokwari Regency

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Evaluation of a Multimedia Drug Education Program

Journal of Drug Education ◽

10.2190/nw0e-8fqu-n6rn-68qp ◽

1972 ◽

Vol 2 (3) ◽

pp. 229-239 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

James A. Kline

Keyword(s):

High School ◽

High School Students ◽

Drug Use ◽

Junior High School ◽

Education Program ◽

Junior High ◽

Junior High School Students ◽

Drug Education ◽

School Students

A two-week multimedia drug education program was evaluated by administering questionnaires to 650 junior high school students. Reported drug use was light, led by tobacco and alcohol. Questionnaire responses indicated that most students responded well to the program. Twenty five per cent of professed users claimed to have stopped using, and 50% of would-be users reported that they decided not to try drugs following the program.

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Integrating health literacy into a theory-based drug-use prevention program: a quasi-experimental study among junior high students in Taiwan

BMC Public Health ◽

10.1186/s12889-021-11830-5 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 21 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Li-Chen Lin ◽

Chiu-Mieh Huang ◽

Hsiao-Pei Hsu ◽

Jung-Yu Liao ◽

Cheng-Yu Lin ◽

...

Keyword(s):

High School ◽

High School Students ◽

Health Literacy ◽

Drug Use ◽

Junior High School ◽

Prevention Program ◽

Junior High ◽

Junior High School Students ◽

School Students ◽

Experimental Group

Abstract Background In Taiwan, illegal drug use is a critical health problem during adolescence. Schools playa vital role in preventing students’ illegal drug use. Accordingly, we developed and evaluated a school-based, drug-use prevention program integrating the theory of planned behavior (TPB) and health literacy for junior high school students. Aim This study aimed to use a theory-based program to prevent students from illegal drug use in Taiwanese junior high school students. Methods We recruited 648 junior high school students aged around 13–14 years (grades 7 to 8 students) from 14 selected schools: N = 323 in the experimental group, N = 325 in the comparison group. The experimental group received 10 45-min sessions of a theory-based drug-use prevention program. The comparison group received traditional didactic teaching and drug refusal skill training. We used a generalized estimating equation (GEE) to analyze data. Results Results of paired t-tests indicated that drug-use health literacy and TPB-related variables improved in the experimental group. The GEE analyses indicated that participants in the experimental group also demonstrated significantly improved health literacy (p < 0.001) compared to the comparison group, especially for functional (p < 0.001) and critical health literacy (p = 0.017). The experimental group also showed significant post-intervention improvement in terms of subjective norm scores (p = 0.024). Conclusion Study results demonstrated the effectiveness of a drug-use prevention program on health literacy and subjective norm through integrating the Theory of Planned Behavior and health literacy. The study supports that the future implementation of similar programs for junior high school students can integrate health literacy and subjective norms as two critical program components.

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