TY - JOUR
T1 - Peer-to-peer education to prevent drug use
T2 - A qualitative analysis of the perspectives of student peer educators from Surabaya, Indonesia
AU - Nurmala, Ira
AU - Pertiwi, Elisa D.
AU - Muthmainnah, Muthmainnah
AU - Rachmayanti, Riris D.
AU - Devi, Yuli P.
AU - Harris, Neil
AU - Wiseman, Nicola
AU - Li, Chung Y.
N1 - Funding Information:
The results show that the student peer educators value the program as both a means to support their peers and to build their skills and knowledge. The results highlight the importance of stakeholder support in encouraging the peer educators’ participation, their confidence the role is valued as well as the overall viability of the intervention. This finding is consistent with previous research that showed the importance of commitment of stakeholders in providing management, organisational and support structures that underpin the viability of the form and content of the program. 20 In this study, participants acknowledged that lack of tangible stakeholder support in the form of funding is a central reason that the program is currently inactive in Surabaya high schools. This is supported by the finding from previous research that showed the influence of insufficient funding affected training, supervision, materials, peer educator incentives and transportation needed for the program to be sustainable and viable. 21 This is a complex situation as the city province no longer allocates funds for the program, yet these student peer educators indicate they are motivated to continue their role as peer educators.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - Issue addressed: Adolescence is a transition period between childhood and adulthood during which an individual is more likely to engage in drug use. Peer education is one strategy suggested to discourage adolescents from engaging in negative lifestyle behaviours including drug use. This qualitative research was conducted to understand the perspectives of student peer educators to provide counselling to their peers around drug use. Methods: Data were gathered at 10 senior high schools in five regions of Surabaya through semi-structured interviews (student peer educators: n = 20; teachers: n = 13) and focus group discussions (three FGDs with student peer educators: n = 25). The data were analysed through thematic analysis following procedures of data reduction, data presentation and conclusion drawing. Results: The peer educators showed readiness (actual or potential) to provide counselling based on the external factor (confidence of ongoing support) and internal factors (motivate healthy lifestyle choices, ready with an open ear, self-development and share knowledge and experience). Conclusions: The readiness to provide counselling emphasises the preparedness of the students to help their peers and appeared underpinned by their self development and personal experiences. A capacity building program to enable student peer educators to enhance their skills to motivate healthy lifestyle choices would be of benefit. So what?: The confidence in ongoing support factor recognises the essential role of stakeholders to visibly advocate for the reactivation of the peer educator program for high school students as a clear sign of support.
AB - Issue addressed: Adolescence is a transition period between childhood and adulthood during which an individual is more likely to engage in drug use. Peer education is one strategy suggested to discourage adolescents from engaging in negative lifestyle behaviours including drug use. This qualitative research was conducted to understand the perspectives of student peer educators to provide counselling to their peers around drug use. Methods: Data were gathered at 10 senior high schools in five regions of Surabaya through semi-structured interviews (student peer educators: n = 20; teachers: n = 13) and focus group discussions (three FGDs with student peer educators: n = 25). The data were analysed through thematic analysis following procedures of data reduction, data presentation and conclusion drawing. Results: The peer educators showed readiness (actual or potential) to provide counselling based on the external factor (confidence of ongoing support) and internal factors (motivate healthy lifestyle choices, ready with an open ear, self-development and share knowledge and experience). Conclusions: The readiness to provide counselling emphasises the preparedness of the students to help their peers and appeared underpinned by their self development and personal experiences. A capacity building program to enable student peer educators to enhance their skills to motivate healthy lifestyle choices would be of benefit. So what?: The confidence in ongoing support factor recognises the essential role of stakeholders to visibly advocate for the reactivation of the peer educator program for high school students as a clear sign of support.
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U2 - 10.1002/hpja.400
DO - 10.1002/hpja.400
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85090432731
JO - Health Promotion Journal of Australia
JF - Health Promotion Journal of Australia
SN - 1036-1073
ER -