Are health education intervention effective in preventing substance use in adolescents?
Adolescents are a high-risk group for the use of drugs, and this problem has risen to epidemic proportions globally, resulting in negative impacts on family, society, health, educational and professional life (Osman et al., 2016). The early-onset of drug abuse by young people places them at higher risk for psychosocial problems including disruptive behavior patterns, psychiatric disorders. Studies show that mentoring improves self-esteem, academic achievement, peer relationships, and reduces drug abuse (DuBois, 2018). According to Hawkins et al. (2016), mentoring is a secondary preventive intervention that focuses on ‘at-risk’ adolescents and young adults. Mentoring provides young people the opportunity to engage in workshops and activities; providing a range of inclusive activities and may also serve as a tool to address the availability of drugs in the broader community (Alcohol and Drug Foundation [ADF], 2018).
Section I: INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY Introduction The country is encountering a basic deficiency of medical care suppliers, a lack that is supposed to increment in the following five years, similarly as the biggest populace in our country’s set of experiences arrives at the age when expanded clinical consideration is vital (Pike, 2002). Staffing of emergency clinics, facilities, and nursing homes is more basic than any time in recent memory as the huge quantities of ‘gen X-ers’ start to understand the requirement for more continuous clinical mediation and long haul care. Interest in turning into a medical caretaker has disappeared lately, likely because of the historical backdrop of the extraordinary and requesting instructive cycle, low compensation, firm and extended periods of time, and fast ‘wear out’ of those rehearsing in the calling (Wharrad, 2003). A complex oversaw care climate in this country is restricting the dollars accessible to be spent on nursing care. Numerous wellbeing callings, particularly