ASsaessing The Effectiveness Of Spiritual Leaders And Family In Assisting The Youths Involved In Drug Abuse:

Abstract

ABSTRACT The ravages of alcoholism and drug addictions continue to take greater and greater tolls on society today. Substance abuse treatment centers continue to be our most promising means for the remediation of this problem Yet, the effectiveness of addiction programming continues to be under great scrutiny which may be due to lack of utilization of an empirically founded recovery tool. Spirituality is one of the essential foundations for the remediation of an addictive disorder, yet many treatment facilities ignore addressing this human dimension. The purpose of this study aimed at assessing the effectiveness of spiritual leaders and family in assisting the youths involved in drug abuse in Duka Moja within Narok County. The study was guided by the following objectives; to find out whether Spiritual Therapy assists youths involved in drug abuse in Duka Moja within Narok County; to establish whether family's spiritual beliefs and practices on substance use assists youths involved in drug abuse in Duka Moja within Narok County and to determine whether parental monitoring assists youths involved in drug abuse in Duka Moja within Narok County. The study utilized descriptive survey design, where the accessible population was 1000 people from which a sample of 10 %( 100) of the total population was selected and a sample size of respondents was obtained for the study. Quantitative research approaches were used to collect information. Stratified random sampling was used to select the sample that represented the whole population. Questionnaires were used since they make easier to collect data from the respondents. Data was collected and arranged by coding and editing into manageable proportions and entered into the computer by use of Microsoft Excel spread sheet computer programs. The presentation of the study findings was in form of tables, bar graphs and figures where necessary. In summary of the findings, it was found that majority of the respondents agreed that religious youth are less likely to engage in health-compromising behaviors like drug abuse. Majority of the respondents agreed that, children who come from homes where parents take drugs tend to imitate the behavior of their parents by taking illegal drugs. Majority agreed that, parental monitoring plays an important role in adolescent self-control which is linked to adjustment and behavior. The study concluded that Spiritual, family practices and parental monitoring are key to recovery, because they provide individuals with an effective means of dealing with drugs abuse. The study recommended that the policy makers need to establish ways of promoting spiritual and family interventions to enhance after care services once the clients are discharged from the rehabilitation centers.