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Evaluation of Primary Drug Prevention at Primary Schools in the City of Prachatice
ZŮNOVÁ, Petra
The title of the thesis is: Evaluation of Primary Drug Prevention at Primary Schools in the City of Prachatice. Primary prevention aims at discouraging from the first use of a habit-forming substance or at least at postponing the first contact therewith as far as possible. The foregoing is the task for the entire society. First and foremost, family, which is the most important integral part of a human being, should participate therein, together with the surrounding environment affecting the child (such as school. friends, peers), school, which aspires to be one of the subjects of primary prevention, and last but not least, general practitioner. He/She plays an important role in unrevealing symptoms of at-risk behaviour, e.g. during examinations. What is very important is the fact that if prevention comes from multiple sources, it has higher efficiency. Primary prevention should be implemented prior to the first experience with a habit-forming substance. The principles of effective and measurable primary prevention are based on systematic, long-term, active, adequate, explanatory and conscious character thereof. Within the framework of the foregoing, what pupils have opinions on preventive programs; when it is applied, what the pupils' attitudes to habit-forming substances are like, what knowledge they acquire from the realized programs, what their personal experiences and what the school methodologists' opinions concerning such anti-drug activities are like. To acquire data, the following methods were applied: quantitative research, survey and anonymous questionnaire based on own preparation, preset hypotheses are verified or falsified on the base of evaluation of the questionnaire. It follows from the research that experience with habit-forming substances is known at all primary schools in the City of Prachatice. The most widespread habit-forming substances are the legal ones, tolerated by the society. As it follows from the research, pupils attending primary schools are quite well-informed of drug issues due to the compulsory primary-prevention programs. Results of the thesis may be used in practice as a material for school drug-prevention methodologists and management of primary schools in Prachatice, which can be used as feedback from students on programs for. Last but not least, I believe that the thesis may be used for the needs of the follow-up research.
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