POTENTIALITY DEVELOPMENT OF DRUG ADDICTS FOR CAREER EMPLOYMENT: THANYARAK HOSPITAL KHONKAEN PROVINCE
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The research has the objectives to study; 1) personal factors of the drug addicts participating in Drug Addict Rehabilitation program Thanyarak Khonkaen Hospital,2) the potentiality to work and learning of drug addicts participating of Drug Addict Rehabilitation program for career employment, and 3) backgrounds, problems, opinion and suggestion to develop the proper process of Drug Addict Rehabilitation program for career employment. The researchers used Mixed- methodologies research by using statistics to analyze from the questionnaires and interviewed from 85 drug addicts. The statistics used in this study were percentage, mean, and standard deviation, and analyzed the data from interview by data analysis.
The findings were as follows;
Most of the drug addicts, 70.60 percent, were male. 50.60 percent were 20- 29 years old, and 37.60 percent were graduated primary school. 65.90 percent were single, and 47.10 percent earned lower than 5,000 bath/month. For the cause of addiction, it was from their desires to test. The overall of potentiality and learning to work of the drug addicts participating in rehabilitation program was at high mean level (μ = 3.85), It could be divided as follows; Physical Potentiality (μ = 3.46), Emotional Potentiality (μ = 3.70), Competency (μ = 4.16), and Acceptance (μ = 4.08).
From this study there were suggestions as follows:
1) Physical Potentiality Rehabilitation: The hospital should extend the activity room and recreational activities for the drug addict to recover from addicted condition and relieve stress and homesick condition,2) Emotional Potentiality: Interdisciplinary team consult and use group activities to treat the drug addicts that are the ways to motivate them to accept and encourage self -awareness to change their behavior to set their lifeway again,3)Competency: the occupations used in the process are not sufficient for the needs of drug addicts participating due to their diversity in competence and 4) Acceptance: empowerment is one of the methods to support the drug addicts to live in the society by counseling with group activity.
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