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[Addiction prevention programs in schools and welfare-educational institutions].
Monika Szpringer1, Barbara Błaszczyk
1Instytutu Kształcenia, Medycznego Akademii Swietokrzyskiej w Kielcach. ikm@pu.kielce.pl
Wiadomosci Lekarskie (Warsaw, Poland : 1960)
|March 9, 2004
Summary
School-based addiction prevention in Poland is perceived as crucial for combating rising social pathology, yet its effectiveness is hampered by irregular implementation and underutilization of curriculum resources.
Area of Science:
- Educational Psychology
- Public Health
- Sociology
Context:
- Rising social pathology among children and adolescents in Poland.
- Identified causes include family life pathologies (79.2%), media violence (23.7%), and environmental/social factors (68.1%).
- Schools and welfare-educational institutions are key settings for intervention.
Purpose:
- To evaluate the functioning and effectiveness of addictions prevention programs in Polish schools and welfare-educational institutions.
- To identify challenges and propose improvements for prevention strategies.
- To analyze teacher and tutor perceptions of prevention efforts.
Summary:
- A survey of 861 Polish teachers and form tutors revealed significant concerns about social pathology.
- While prevention is recognized as vital, current school-based efforts are often irregular and lack integration into the curriculum, leading to low perceived efficiency.
- There is a recognized need for promoting structured, centrally and locally developed prevention programs.
Impact:
- Highlights the need for enhanced, systematic, and integrated school-based prevention programs to address social pathology.
- Provides data on teacher perceptions to inform policy and practice in educational and welfare settings.
- Underscores the importance of addressing root causes of social pathology, including family and environmental factors.
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