High School Youth Peer Education Program An Effective Model to Prevent Substance Abuse happen?

INTRODUCTION: OBJECTIVE: This study was conducted among Industrial Vocational High School, Girls Technical college, Vocational High School students with a view to evaluate the effects of the “Peer Education Programme for preventing addiction” on these students’ knowledge of addiction and their perceived self-sufficiency in protecting from addiction.
METHODS: A semi-experimental study method with pre-testing, testing, post-testing model has been used in this study. Reflective interview and open ended question forms as qualitative research methods have been used in order to determine the ways individuals who went through some changes explained the reasons for these changes.
Peer Educators (13 F, 16 M) were chosen among 11th grade students who studied in the aforementioned three schools. The sample of the study consisted 550 students who received education from Peer Educators who received peer education training previously and another 550 students who did not receive any education. Data has been collected through Socio-demographic question form, Drug Addiction Information Survey, Self-Efficacy for Protecting Adolescences from Substance Abuse Scale and Evaluation form for Peer Education Programme for protecting from addiction. Data collection tools have been used with the experiment and control groups twice during the study- before education and 45 days after the education. Qualitative statistical methods as well as T-test and Chi-square Test for comparative groups have been used for data analyses.

RESULTS: It has been found out that there was a considerable increase in the knowledge of addiction and feelings of self-sufficiency among the students who received Peer Education, and that the statistical difference between the two groups was meaningful. Almost all students have given positive feedback on the programme they attended.
DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION: CONCLUSION: Peer Education can be considered as an effective strategy for decreasing addiction rate among young people.

Lise Gençlerinde Akran Eðitimi Programý Madde Baðýmlýlýðýný Önlemede Etkili Bir Model Olabilir Mi?

GÝRÝÞ ve AMAÇ: AMAÇ: Bu çalýþma, “Baðýmlýlýðý Önlemede Akran Eðitimi Programý” nýn bir Endüstri Meslek Lisesi, Anadolu Lisesi ve Kýz Meslek lisesi öðrencilerinin baðýmlýlýk ile ilgili bilgi düzeyine ve baðýmlýlýktan korunmada algýladýklarý öz-yeterliðe etkisini deðerlendirmek amacýyla yapýldý.
YÖNTEM ve GEREÇLER: YÖNTEMLER: Çalýþma yarý deneysel çalýþmalardan öntest-sontest kontrol gruplu düzen kullanýlarak yapýlmýþtýr. Programýn sonucunda deðiþim saptanan bireylerin bu deðiþimi nelere baðladýklarýný belirlemek için nitel yöntemlerden derinlemesine görüþme tekniði ve açýk uçlu soru formu uygulandý.
Akran eðitimciler (13 K, 16E) örnekleme dahil edilmiþ olan üç okulun 11. sýnýfýna devam eden öðrencilerinden seçildi. AEE alan gençlerin eðittiði 550 öðrenci ve herhangi bir programa katýlmayan 550 öðrenci araþtýrmanýn örneklemini oluþturdu. Veriler “Sosyo-demografik Soru Formu”, “Madde Baðýmlýlýðý Bilgi Anketi”, “Ergenler Ýçin Madde Baðýmlýlýðýndan Korunma Öz-Yeterlik Ölçeði” ve “Madde Baðýmlýlýðýný Önlemede Akran Eðitimi Programý Deðerlendirme Formu" kullanýlarak toplandý. Veri toplama araçlarý müdahale gruplarýna ve kontrol gruplarýna eðitimden önce ve 45 gün sonra olmak üzere iki kez uygulandý. Verilerin analizinde tanýmlayýcý istatistiksel yöntemlerin yaný sýra eþleþtirilmiþ gruplarda t testi ve ki-kare testi kullanýldý.

BULGULAR: Akran Eðitimi Alan grubun baðýmlýlýk bilgi ve öz-yeterlik algýsý düzeyinin anlamlý derecede arttýðý, gruplar arasýndaki farkýn istatistiksel olarak anlamlý olduðu belirlendi. Kontrol grubunda anlamlý fark görülmedi. Çalýþmaya katýlan öðrencilerin hemen hepsinin katýldýklarý programla ilgili olumlu geri bildirimleri oldu.
TARTIÞMA ve SONUÇ: SONUÇ: Gençlerde baðýmlýlýðý azaltma stratejisi olarak AE’nin etkili bir yöntem olduðu düþünülebilir.