Surveying and Comparing the effect of Two Training Methods: Drug Addiction Prevention (Peer education with Teachers) on the Level of Knowledge and Attitudes on the High School Students of ShahreKord, Iran

Abstract

Considering the increasing growth of addiction in the youth as well as the importance of training to avoid that, the effect of two training methods (by the teacher and peer education) for preventing from the addiction of high school boy students of Shahr-e-Kord were studied in this research. In this study 450 boy students in third grade at high school were included in the study from Shahr-e-Kord High Schools on a random and stratified basis. 225 of the total 450 studied students were trained by the teacher and 225 students were trained by the group of the same age. 20 days after completion of training, a posttest was made by using the same questionnaire. The collected data was analyzed by spss 11.5 and by using descriptive and analytical statistics. The studied students included 450 students with an average age of 16.78 +/- 0.7. Average pretest and posttest scores in both interventional groups were significantly different (p=/0001). Average change of pretest and posttest scores in the training group by the students of the same age (10/.7 +/- 3.6) was higher than the average change of scores before and after the training by the teacher (8.8 +/- 3.4). Bon Froni test showed these differences to be statistically significant (p=0.0001). Considering the findings of this study, training on how to avoid addiction by those of the same age will be more efficient in increasing the knowledge and views of the students. Baraz S, Rostami M, Karimi Pour F, Lalehgani H, Esmaeili Vardanjani SA. Surveying and Comparing the effect of Two Training Methods: Drug Addiction Prevention (Peer education with Teachers) on the Level of Knowledge and Attitudes of the High School Boy Students of Shahr-e-Kord, Iran. Life Sci J 2012;9(2):1304-1307] (ISSN: 1097-8135). http://www.lifesciencesite.com. 19