Adolescent is an age group that has great potential as the next generation of the nation, yet due to the development of modernization such as today, there are actually various social deviations committed by adolescent, one of which is the increase in problem or case related to drug abuse. One in 20 people aged 15-64 yr used drugs in 2014. The National Narcotics Agency in Indonesia stated that in 2016 the proportion of abusers who tried to use it in the city (88%) was higher than in the district (83%).
Surabaya is very vulnerable to drug abuse since it has technology and infrastructure advancements; hence the majority of its people are more advanced compared to other areas in East Java. Several drug abuse prevention programs were the priorities of the Surabaya City government. One of the prevention programs is the establishment of anti-drug cadres for middle and high school students.
The Initiative programs in school can run well if there are students who are appointed as peer educators equipped with abilities according to their duties. The belief in this ability is an important factor that will determine the individual behavior of the program.
The article titled “The Correlation between Self-Efficacy, Grade, and Sex on the Intention to Participate in Peer-Education Activities in Drug Abuse Prevention” analyze the correlation between self-efficacy, grade, and gender on the intention to participate in peer-education activities in order to prevent drug abuse. Peer-education activities in the framework of drug abuse prevention. By reading this article, it is expected to provide program input in improving the quality of peer educators through activities carried out regularly by various relevant stakeholders.
This research was a quantitative research with a cross-sectional study. The logistic regression models with generalized estimation equation (GEE) to assess the crude and adjusted associations of self-efficacy, grade, and sex with intention to participate in activities held by peer educator.
The results showed that respondents’ intention to participate was 87.3%, and the multivariate logistic regression model indicated that higher self-efficacy and female gender were significantly associated with a higher “intention to participate.” However, no significant association was found between grade and “intention to participate.”
Author: Ira Nurmala, S.KM., M.PH., PhD
Details of this article can be viewed in our article at Iranian Journal of Public Health which can be accessed through this link:
https://ijph.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijph/article/view/17454/7551
https://doi.org/10.18502/ijph.v51i3.8951
Nurmala I, Li CY, Pertiwi ED, Puspita Devi Y, Muthmainnah M, Rachmayanti RD. The Correlation between Self-Efficacy, Grade, and Sex on the Intention to Participate in Peer-Education Activities in Drug Abuse Prevention. Iran J Public Health. 2022;51(3):702-704.
