. Atoosa Bonyani; . Leila Safaeian; . Mojtaba Chehrazi; . Alireza Etedali; . Mahsa Zaghian; . Farnaz Mashhadian
Volume 8, Issue 7 , July 2018, , Pages 1-6
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: There is increasing evidence for declining the onset age of drug abuse worldwide. Thisstudy was conducted to investigate the effectiveness of four educational methods including ...
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OBJECTIVE: There is increasing evidence for declining the onset age of drug abuse worldwide. Thisstudy was conducted to investigate the effectiveness of four educational methods including lecture,presentation of poster and leaflet, presentation of video clip, and group/class discussion for life skillstraining and changing in knowledge and attitude of adolescents toward drug abuse.MATERIALS AND METHODS: In a pretest–posttest design, a sample of 897 girl and boy highschool students from the first grade (14–15 years old) were involved in this cross‑sectional studyconducted in Isfahan, Iran. After collection of pretest questionnaires, each educational method wasimplemented separately for one class in one session (3 h) in each high school, and evaluation wascarried out immediately after intervention through posttest questionnaires by the same students.RESULTS: According to paired t‑test, the video clip‑ and lecture‑based methods were significantlyefficient in changing the attitudes toward drug abuse in boy and girl students, respectively. Analysisof covariance showed significant differences between girls and boys in pretest–posttest attitudescores using group discussion‑based and video clip‑based methods.CONCLUSION: Life skills training program through lecture‑based and video clip‑based educationalmethods was considerably effective in changing the high school students’ attitude toward drug abuseand addiction.
