The development of the drug abuse immunity training program for junior high school students.

Abstract

The Purpose of the research was to develop a program for the drug abuse immunity training for junior high school students.  The research, research and development model, was carried out in three phases.  Phase 1, the development of a conceptual framework based on a needs assessment about drugs training program by document analysis, indept interview, and focus group discussion from various population groups.   The type of research is qualitative research.  Phase 2, the process of a training program tryout by using the type of action research.  Phase 3, the efficiency of a training program. The type of research is quasi-experimental research. The sample group in research are 30 male students from junior high school.  Data analysis was used by descriptive statistics including percentage, means, standard deviation and t-test pretest posttest and 4 weeks after training activity.

The research found that:

1. The drug abuse immunity training program for junior high school students was developed from the integrated stakeholders in anti-drug duties in order to work with school for managing a program to junior high school students. The aim of training at the students, participated program, was to create the drug immunity by increasing about drugs knowledge, skill leaving from drugs, and drugs attitude.  The program included 4 lesson plans, was :  the first lesson plan covered with knowledges about drugs, the second lesson plan covered with the character of drugs, the third lesson plan covered with the prevention and the solving drugs problems, finally, the fourth lesson plan covered with practicing life skill to enhance drugs abuse immunity.The period of training program is 2 nights 3 days, 24 hours
2. The effectiveness of The drug abuse immunity training program for junior high school students was found as following: 1) The sample group had a statistically significant posttest score and following 4 weeks score on drugs knowledge higher than pretest at the level of .001 2) The sample group had a statistically significant posttest score and following 4 weeks score on skill to avoid drugs higher than pretest at the level of .001  3) The sample group had a statistically significant posttest score and following 4 weeks on drugs attitude higher than pretest at the level of .001