Drugs and Substance Awareness: Gender Difference in Place, Media and Age at the Time of Awareness in Secondary School Students in Enugu State.

Drug and substance abuse has been the concern of parents, school authorities and the society. This study set out to investigate the age at which young people become aware of drugs, the media through which the information is got and the most popular places of drug information and tried to find out if gender differences exist in these. The survey design was used. The study area is Enugu State of Nigeria. Population of the study is the secondary school students of the state. Through the processes of stratification and multi-stage random sampling, a sample of 195 female and 205 male (N=395) was used. A researcher-made questionnaire was validated and used for data collection. Data was analyzed using percentages and t-test to answer 4 research questions and test one null hypothesis. The findings showed among others that, Teacher, television and mother were the commonest media while the home and the school were the commonest places. Average age and time of drug awareness was 11.32 years. Significant gender differences existed in some of these. Implications of these findings were discussed and recommendations made. Guidance counselors need to assist and empower parents, teachers and television programmers to get the correct information to kids without exciting their curiosity

Resolution Strategies Adopted in Resolving Marital Disharmony among Couples in Enugu State

This study investigated the resolution strategies adopted in resolving marital disharmony among couples to help in empowering families for sustainable healthy lifestyles in Enugu state. Two research questions and one hypothesis were formulated to guide the study. Descriptive survey design was used. The sample for this study comprises 300 (150 literate and 150 non-literate) couples drawn through simple random sampling technique from a population of 643, 311. Structured questionnaire was used for data collection. The research questions were analyzed using means while the hypothesis was tested at 0.05 level of significance using t-test. The findings revealed among others, that avoiding the idle mind by engaging in work, use of family counselors, listening carefully and speaking tactfully to spouse, developing a positive and healthy attitude towards disharmony, communicating feelings of love, admiration, likes and dislikes to each other help in resolving marital disharmony among couples and empowering families for sustainable healthy lifestyles in Enugu state. However, there is no significant difference in the perception of literate and non-literate couples about the resolution strategies adopted in resolving marital disharmony. Based on the findings, recommendations were made. Keywords: marital disharmony, resolution strategies, literacy, couples