Status of Drug Addicts In The Context of Covid-19 in Vietnam: Roles of Social Support Worker

This study aims to determine the relationship of the role of fathers with self-determination, the relationship of peer social support with self-determination, and the relationship between the role of fathers and peer social support with self-determination in adolescent drug addicts. The population in this study were adolescent drug addicts in Medan Plus Addiction Recovery Clinic. A sample of 54 teenagers were taken by purposive sampling technique. The instrument used was a scale of self-determination, the scale of the role of fathers and the scale of peer social support. The results of multiple regression analysis showed a Freg value of 11,071 with p = 0,000 (p 0,005), which indicated that there was a significant relationship between self-determination and the role of fathers with peer social support. Partially, there is a relationship between self-determination with the role of father rxy = 0.543 with p 0.01, and there is a relationship between social support of peers with self-determination rxy = 0.384 with p 0.01. R2 value of 0.303 means the role of fathers and social support of peers together make an effective contribution of 30.3% of self-determination.

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Perceived social support and life satisfaction in drug addicts: Self-esteem and loneliness as mediators

Journal of Health Psychology ◽

10.1177/1359105317740620 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 25 (7) ◽

pp. 976-985 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Qilong Cao ◽

Ying Liang

Keyword(s):

Social Support ◽

Life Satisfaction ◽

Structural Equation ◽

Perceived Social Support ◽

Bootstrap Method ◽

Well Being ◽

Self Esteem ◽

Equation Modeling ◽

Drug Addicts ◽

Mediation Effects

This study was designed to investigate the mediation effects of both self-esteem and loneliness on the relationship between social support and subjective well-being in drug addicts. In all, 110 participants, all drug addicts from Guangdong Fangcun Brain Hospital, completed the questionnaire. Pearson’s correlation analysis showed that perceived social support was positively related to self-esteem and life satisfaction and was negatively correlated with loneliness in drug addicts. Structural equation modeling estimated by the Bootstrap method indicated that loneliness and self-esteem partially mediated the association between perceived social support and life satisfaction. These findings provided insights into the association between perceived social support and life satisfaction in drug addicts.

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Implementation of a Peer HIV Community Support Worker Program in Rural Ethiopia to Promote Retention in Care

Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care (JIAPAC) ◽

10.1177/2325957415614648 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 16 (1) ◽

pp. 75-80 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Alan R. Lifson ◽

Sale Workneh ◽

Abera Hailemichael ◽

Workneh Demisse ◽

Lucy Slater ◽

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Keyword(s):

Social Support ◽

Retention Rate ◽

Community Support ◽

Retention In Care ◽

Hiv Treatment ◽

Support Worker ◽

Resource Limited Settings ◽

Infected People ◽

Rural Ethiopia ◽

Resource Limited

Retention in care is a major challenge for HIV treatment programs, including in rural and in resource-limited settings. To help reduce loss to follow-up (LTFU) for HIV-infected patients new to care in rural Ethiopia, 142 patients were assigned 1 of 13 trained community health support workers (CHSWs) who were HIV positive and from the same neighborhood/village. The CHSWs provided HIV and health education, counseling/social support, and facilitated communication with the HIV clinics. With 7 deaths and 3 transfers, the 12-month retention rate was 94% (95% CI = 89%-97%), and no client was LTFU in the project. Between enrollment and 12 months, clients had significant ( P ≤ .001) improvements in HIV knowledge (17% increase), physical and mental quality of life (81% and 21% increase), internalized stigma (97% decrease), and perceived social support (24% increase). In rural and resource-limited settings, community-based CHSW programs can complement facility-based care in reducing LTFU and improving positive outcomes for HIV-infected people who enter care.

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Boendestöd – innebörder och effekter

Socialvetenskaplig tidskrift ◽

10.3384/svt.2019.26.1.2361 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 26 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Gunnel Andersson ◽

Hjördis Gustafsson

Keyword(s):

Social Support ◽

Independent Living ◽

Well Being ◽

Analytical Framework ◽

Psychiatric Disabilities ◽

Social Intervention ◽

Support Worker ◽

Persons With Psychiatric Disabilities ◽

Psychiatric Conditions ◽

Psychosocial Situation

Social support in independent living for persons with psychiatric disabilities – meanings and impactsSocial support in independent living is the most common social intervention for persons with psychiatric disabilities in Sweden. This article investigates what constitutes supportive social support, its meanings and impacts in respect of context, interaction and time. The article emanates from a reanalysis of the results of three user-oriented studies. In total, 56 persons with experience of this type of social support were interviewed. The analytical framework derives from theories of social interaction. The findings reveal that supporting social support is a complex social intervention conveyed through ”the doing”, the talking and the company of the support worker. The findings also show that the restraints of everyday life are allayed or abrogated due to the support: the undoable becomes doable. Finally there are impacts on the psychosocial situation: it contributes to increased well-being and improved psychiatric conditions.

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Investigating the Role of Immigrants in the Prevalence of Addiction in Yazd City, Iran

The Journal of Tolooebehdasht ◽

10.18502/tbj.v18i4.1857 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Akbar Zare Shahabadi ◽

Zakieh Soleimani

Keyword(s):

Social Support ◽

Social Control ◽

Addiction Treatment ◽

Drug Distribution ◽

Well Being ◽

Drug Addicts ◽

Statistical Population ◽

Significant Difference ◽

History Of ◽

Yazd City

Introduction: Immigration is known as an effective factor in crime. The probable assumption is that immigration can also contribute to the spread of addiction. Therefore, the present study was conducted to investigate the effect of migration on the prevalence of addiction. Methods: The study population consisted of all drug addicts referring to well-being centers and addiction treatment camps. As a result, 384 addicts were selected by available sampling method and studied by a researcher-made questionnaire. The results were analyzed using SPSS. Results: According to the results, the proportion of addicted migrants was more than the natives. We found that 47.4% of the addicts were immigrants, while immigrants constitute 33% of the statistical population of Yazd City. In other words, in proportion to the population size, a larger percentage of immigrants are addicted than the natives. The population of drug addicts outside the province was almost twice the number of immigrants inside the Yazd province. In addition, about one-third of the drug addicts were immigrants outside the province. The immigrants' mean of addiction was between 23 and 25, while this rate was 22.4 for the natives. Non-native addicts typically consume psychotropic pills and opium. Furthermore, a significant difference was observed in the amount of social control, social support, cultural attraction, marginalization between immigrants, and non-immigrants. Conclusion: Comparing immigrants with natives, immigrants had more tendency to addiction, drug distribution, and the history of quitting drugs. Social marginalization and lack of social control, social support, and cultural attraction among immigrants were effective in increasing their addiction rate.

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