Family and Community Involvement in Drug Prevention and Treatment, Khon Sawan District, Chaiyaphum Province

Abstract

This research and development aimed to: 1) develop drug prevention and treatment model in Khon Sawan district, Chaiyaphum province with family and community participations and 2) examine the results after using the model. The study was consisted of two parts: qualitative and quantitative studies. In qualitative part, data were collected from 27 key informants who were community leaders, chief executives of subdistrict administrative organizations, secondary school principals, hospital administrators at district and subdistrict (tambon health promoting hospitals) levels, and representatives from families affected by drug issues. In quantitative part, thirty representatives from families affected by drug problems attended the developed program. samples were determined using G*Power Version 3.1.9.4 and were selected through multi- stage random sampling. Research instruments were consisted of 1) open-ended questions for developing the model according to the first Delphi process, 2) questionnaire for developing the model according to second Delphi process, 3) assessment of the suitability of the developed model, and 4) questionnaire for participation in drug prevention and treatment. The qualitative data were analyzed using content analysis, while the quantitative data were analyzed using percentages, means, standard deviations and t-test for dependent samples.     

The results showed that the developed model for drug prevention and treatment of of Khon Sawan district, Chaiyaphum province with family community participations were consisted of 5 steps: 1) involving families and communities, 2) planning, 3) implementing the treatments for drug addict, 4) monitoring and evaluation, and 5) extensive follow-ups after the treatments. It was also found that, before using the model, family and community involvements in drug prevention and treatment were at a low level (±SD=3.38±0.49) while after using the model, their involvements significantly improved to a high level (±SD=4.23±0.33) at significant level of 0.05.