Knowledge and attitude of the secondary school and college students about drug abuse and participation in prevention programs in Tanta city, Egypt

2017 ◽  
Vol 07 (11) ◽  
pp. 01-12
Author(s):  
Entisar Abo Elghite Elhossiny Elkazh
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Drug Abuse ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Prevention Programs ◽  
Knowledge And Attitude

PENGARUH METODE PENDIDIKAN SEBAYA DAN METODE CERAMAH TERHADAP PENGETAHUAN DAN SIKAP SISWA TENTANG NAPZA DI SMA PAB 4 SAMPALI PERCUT SEI TUAN 2016

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 94-103
Author(s):  
Ermawaty Arisandi
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
High School ◽  
Drug Abuse ◽  
Health Education ◽  
Peer Education ◽  
School Management ◽  
Effective Strategy ◽  
Knowledge And Attitude ◽  
Interactive Lecture ◽  
Paired T Test

Today, drug abuse is commonly done such as high school and college students; 65% of them used drugs in 2011. The most effective strategy of preventing from and handling napza in changing adolescents’ behavior is through health education such as peer education and interactive lecture. The objective of the research was to find out the influence of peer education and interactive lecture on students’ knowledge and attitude at SMA PAB 4 Sampali, Percut Sei Tuan. The research used quasi experiment. The population was 160 students and 60 of them were used as the samples with 30 of them were in the peer education and the 30 students in interactive lecture. The data were gathered by using questionnaires and analyzed by using paired t-test, Wilcoxon and Mann-Whitney test. The result of the research showed that health education with interactive lecture had the influence on the increase in students’ knowledge (p<0.001) and attitude (p<0.001) toward napza. Health education with peer education had the influence on the increase in students’ knowledge (p<0.001) and attitude (p<0.001) toward napza. Health education with peer education was more effective in knowledge and attitude than interactive lecture. It is recommended that the school management make the policy on any activity in increasing information about napza to adolescents by providing peer education since it is the most appropriate for adolescents. It is also recommended that the management of BNN make ex-napza users participate in health education.

scholarly journals Teachers' social representations on drug use in a secondary school

2008 ◽  
Vol 16 (spe) ◽  
pp. 601-606 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jussara Gue Martini ◽  
Antonia Regina Ferreira Furegato
Keyword(s):  
Drug Abuse ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Social Representations ◽  
Prevention Programs ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Central Concept ◽  
Local Characteristics ◽  
Education And Health ◽  
The Family ◽  
Production Distribution

Increased concern regarding drug abuse among adolescents contributes to the elaboration of prevention programs at schools. This investigation aims to know teachers' social representations, regarding drug abuse, in a secondary school in Florianopolis, SC, Brazil. A total of 16 teachers of the 5th to 8th grades participated in the study. Data were collected through associations elaborated by teachers in response to the expression: drugs use/abuse. The teacher's representations are organized around a central concept - the vulnerable other: a needy adolescent, who becomes drugs user, highlighting the family, everyday coping, and the school's (in)visibility in prevention actions, as factors related. The complexity of factors involving drugs production, distribution and its commercialization, demands the implementation of actions that go beyond the scopes of education and health. The elaboration of inter-sector prevention programs considering local characteristics is necessary.

Empirically-based prevention programs for college students: Where are we and where are we going?

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessica Cronce ◽  
Mark A. Celio ◽  
Mary Larimer ◽  
Ty Lostutter ◽  
Clayton Neighbors
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Prevention Programs

The Prevalence of Suicidal Behaviours among Secondary School Adolescents in the Limpopo Province, South Africa

2003 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 126-132 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. N. Madu ◽  
M. P. Matla
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Drug Abuse ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Attempted Suicide ◽  
Demographic Data ◽  
Limpopo Province ◽  
Suicidal Thoughts ◽  
Drug Overdoses ◽  
Commit Suicide

The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of suicidal behaviours among secondary school adolescents in the Limpopo Province. The participants in this study were 435 secondary school adolescents from Polokwane and surrounds. Two hundred and forty-three (56%) participants were female, and 192 (44%) were male. They were aged between 15 and 19 years, with a mean age of 17.25 years ( SD = 1.34). A questionnaire was used to record participants' demographic data and suicidal behaviours, including suicidal thoughts and threats, plans, and attempts to commit suicide). Thirty-seven percent of the secondary school adolescents surveyed indicated having thought of taking their own lives; 17% had made threats or informed others about their suicidal intentions; 16% had made plans to take their own lives but did not carry them through; 21% reported having attempted to take their own lives. These results indicate that a higher percentage of males than females had attempted suicide. The most frequent method used for attempting suicide was self-poisoning (44% of the attempters), followed by drug overdoses (25.3%), hanging (22%), self-stabbing (2.2%), and other methods, such as, jumping from heights, starvation, and drug abuse (6.6%).

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