The Role of Knowledge, Attitude, Gender, and School Grades in Preventing Drugs Use: Findings on Students’ Intentions to Participate in Peer Education Program

Abstract

Background: Student groups are prone to drug abuse. The prevalence of drugs in the past year among high school students in Surabaya, Indonesia occupies the highest provincial capital (9.4%). The purpose of this study analyzed the relationship between knowledge about drugs, attitudes about peer education, gender, class, and students' intention to participate in peer education programs in HEY (Health Educator for Youth) activities.Design and Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted with student participants (12-18 years) in six high schools in Surabaya, Indonesia (n=167). This study used an online survey to assess knowledge of drugs and students' attitudes about HEY peer education activities.Results: More than half of the students have insufficient knowledge about drugs and have negative attitudes about peer education in HEY activities. This study also showed that students' intention to participate in peer education was not influenced by the level of knowledge, student attitudes, and gender. The results of statistical tests showed that there was a relationship between class and student participation in peer education activities. This showed that the student's factor regarding participation in peer education was a class category where the lower class is more motivated to participate.Conclusion: Most students have less knowledge about drugs and a negative attitude about peer education. However, the intention to participate in peer education activities is more thus it is necessary to improve the quality of peer educators through activities that are performed regularly by various relevant stakeholders.

Knowledge and Attitude on Substance Abuse among Higher Secondary Schools Adolescents in Kathmandu District

“…This finding resembles the study done in biratnagar where 80.3% state this phase is more vulnerable, consistently matched the findings of study in Indonesia . 8,11 Our study revealed that bad relationship between parents and children (60%) followed by friends pressure (40.2%) as a reason to start drugs, another study explored in Chitwan, Nepal the consistent findings which depicts that Majority of the participants were familiar about the main cause as teenage curiosity/peer pressure, relationship between parents and child (96.9%). 12 The consistent findings was found in which majority of respondent responded causes of drug abuse is bad relationship with family, to feel relax, failed in exam and film stars and idols which are shown on television.…”

“…These findings are in contrast to the other study findings done in Egypt which stated as Cannabis was the commonest in all regions followed by Alcohol (28.6% of total use) as the 2nd common substance of use in all Egyptian. 11,12 The probable difference for this explanation might be different background with their own observation and exposure.…”

“…which is in accordance to the study done in chitwan by Paudel Chaurasia & Nurmala, Muthmainnah, Hariastuti, Devi Nurvita Ruwandasari . 10,11 Majority (82.4%) of them state oral route followed by inhalation (63.7%) is the routes of abusing substance. Majority (88.1%) of respondents expressed alcohol is one of the commonly available substances followed by tobacco (56.8%), Cannabis (22.5%).…”

Combating Drug Crimes at the East Surabaya Police

“…In the illicit trafficking of narcotics and psychotropics today usually syndicates and narcotics sellers often use a fairly neat modus operandi and by using advanced technological advances, for example by using GPS (Global Position System) to prevent the disclosure of the dark network of circulation, thus demanding that the enforcers The law, in this case, the Police is to be able to dismantle the narcotics network to its roots so that narcotics circulation can be eradicated from our country (Nurmala et al, 2021).…”

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