The development of model of rehabilitative treatment services for drug addicts in an establishment in Mueang District, Roi Et Province

Abstract

Purpose :  This objective is to develop a form of rehabilitation treatment for drug addicts and evaluate the results of drug rehab treatment at the establishment, Mueang Roi Et District.

Design :  Action research

Materials and Methods :  The main target group is 30 people, including employees, amphetamine addicts from To Be Number One club for 10 people, the health team of the rehab unit consisted of 10 people. This rehab conducts 3 stages of research; Stage 1 assessing drug situation and prevention of drug issues in the establishment. Stage 2 rehabilitation and trial and stage 3 assess the effectiveness of the rejuvenation service model. The data were collected by using tests and the assessment form the data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and the paired t-test statistics, with statistical significance at P <.05

Main findings:  The results of the research found that the drug situation in the establishment, Mueang Roi Et District has an epidemic of amphetamines among male employees aged 20-40 years, who were involved in the prevention and solution of drug issues in the establishment. Most of them in a hundred percent agreed that the rehabilitation model should be changed by integrating operations with the TO BE NUMBER ONE club. The second stage of the research found that the issues which should be changed in the form of rehabilitation treatment consist of 3 aspects which are (1) proactive service provision (2) establishment participation (3) rehabilitation program, the new forms of rehabilitation is a rehabilitation treatment for proactive drug users in the establishment by using the Modified Matrix program in between 4 months of rehabilitation treatment, stage 3 research results on the effectiveness of the new rehabilitation method comparison of the mean scores of knowledge and attitude before and after the experiment. It was found that there were significant differences at the level of .05, the rate of treatment completed at 100 percent, the rate of continuous abstinence after 2 weeks, 1,2,3,6 months for 100 percent in every stage. There was a recurrence in the 9th month of 2 people, representing 6.67%, stopped continuously after completing 1-year treatment for 100 percent. The satisfaction with the rehabilitation services was in good and very good level for 20 percent 80 percent respectively.

Conclusion and recommendations:  Suggestions for applying 1. Rehabilitation treatment activities using the applied psychosocial treatment program. Along with implementing social measures for integrated drug prevention and prevention. 2. If the form of rehabilitation treatment services for drug users are used in the establishment, it then should be adapted to the context of the area.