Narcie Faith Amista
Sahmyook University Graduate School, South Korea
Title: Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Culturally Relevant Community-Based Drug Recovery Program in a Rural Area in the Philippines
Biography
Biography: Narcie Faith Amista
Abstract
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) has issued the guidelines for the implementation of a Community-Based Drug Rehabilitation Program (CBDRP) to address the needs of the Tokhang (a Visayan word “Toktok-Hangyo” meaning “knock and plead” where police officers make a polite request to affirmed drug users and pushers to surrender to the authorities, and be checked for further assessment) responders regarding treatment and rehabilitation in the Philippines.
Using a quasi-experimental pretest-posttest with a control group design, this study evaluated the effectiveness of the CBDRP in regards to the impact on self-satisfaction with life, positive and negative effects, Stress Response, self-control and self-management, and recovery capital. Tokhang responders (N=60) participated in the study from June to August 2018, enrolled in the CBDRP (n=30; experimental group) with those of another group who had received no intervention (n= 30; control group).
Post-test results exhibited that the intervention group was more highly satisfied with life, increased positive effects and decreased negative effects, improved stress coping skills, increased self-control and self-management ability, and fostered substance addiction recovery than the control group. Overall, the CBDRP greatly affect the lives of the Tokhang responders. It is also about saving and improving the lives of the Tokhang responders as well as their affected loved ones. Recommendations for future research are discussed.