Development of the To Be Number One Prevention and Resolve Drug Problems of a University in Maha Sarakham Province

Abstract

The objective of this study was to assess the factors related to drug prevention behaviors of students and develop a model for preventing and solving the drug problems through the To Be Number One project. The study was divided into 2 phases: phase 1 studied factors that were related to drug prevention behavior. The sample group was 450 students at a university in Maha Sarakham Province. The research instrument was divided into 7 parts with a reliability value of 0.88. The data were analyzed using multiple regression analysis. Phase 2 developed the operating model to prevent and solve the drug problems: the To Be Number One project using action research method. The target group was specifically selected, namely 58 people, using participatory planning with A-I-C technique and analyzing the data with content analysis. It was found that factors related to drug prevention behavior among students included personal factors, namely self-control, life skills, and awareness about drugs. and the social factor was supported from the university, which could be able to predict up to 32.8% of drug prevention behaviors. Phase 2 found that the model developed from operations to prevent and solve drug problems To Be Number One consited of 4 components: committee, funds, activities and strategies, of which the strategies developed were specified as the TAKASILA Model, whereby universities should determine measures to prevent and solve drug problems. Drug screening was performed at least 2 times per semester, interspersed with teaching and learning about drugs. This approach should help encourage students to have increased drug prevention behaviors.