Development of a Model for Driving the Treatment and Rehabilitation of Drug Users though Community participation in a subdistrict of Nam Phong District, Khon Kaen Province

Abstract

This research is action research. The objectives are to study the context of drug rehabilitation, study the process of model development and evaluation, and study the success factors in developing a model for driving drug user treatment and rehabilitation with community participation. The study was conducted in 3 steps: Step 1: Analyze the problem, context of drug rehabilitation, Step 2: Implementation, Step 3: Evaluation, and find success factors. The study was conducted from January 2023 to September 2024. The sample group consisted of 85 people involved in the operation. The research instrument was a questionnaire on the role, participation, and satisfaction of the drug user rehabilitation model. The reliability values were 0.89 and 0.88, respectively. The data were analyzed using Paired t-test statistics.
Research results Step 1 The study area has strengths as a community with a clear governance system, dividing the areas of care, with community leaders and village chiefs supervising and monitoring drug prevention. There is a community meeting to plan and solve problems together. Step 2 The process of developing a model for driving drug user treatment and rehabilitation with community participation has 8 steps. Step 3: Evaluation of the role, participation, and satisfaction before development is at a moderate level and after development is at a high level. which has a statistically significant increase in the average value compared to before the development, P-value < 0.001, and the success factor is the SA-AD Model by promoting activities in the community by developing the potential of the integrated team to prevent drug problems, searching for drug addicts, strengthening mental immunity by using Dhamma, and creating jobs and careers, which can drive the treatment and rehabilitation of drug users in the community.