Development and evaluation of Or-Yor-Noi Project to promote appropriate drug use in community, Khamkhuenkaew District, Yasothorn Province

Abstract

Since the problem of inappropriate drug use still has been found in the community. Moreover, OR-YOR-NOI students have been involved in several activities aiming to improve the safety use of food and cosmetic use. The study objectives were to develop and evaluate the program that was initiated by the OR-YOR-NOI students in solving the inappropriate drug use in their communities. The study design was quasi-experimental study. ISD, model was employed as the process to empower the students to develop their interventions. The interventions were implemented in three months from December 2010 to March in 2011.The activities ranged from inappropriate health product survey, walking campaign, school announcement, community radio announcement, brochure, Six-pages novel, and good faith diary. The study measured three mains outcomes including the availability of inappropriate drug in the groceries both in form of the number of grocery that sold inappropriate drug and the number of drug items, the knowledge of OR-YOR-NOI students’ families members, the OR-YOR-NOI students’ attitudes toward the inappropriate drugs. The results showed that after the implementation, the availability of inappropriate drug in groceries decreased from75.42% (34 from 50 groceries) to 54.5% (28 from 50 groceries), the average number of inappropriate drug found was also decrease from 8.25 to 6.75, the number of family member who passed the knowledge exam increased from 47.33% (71 from 150 family members) to 67.33% (101 from 150 family members). It was found that the target students have had more knowledge and awareness about the drug safety and what drugs can be sold in the groceries legally. The study confirms that OR-YOR-NOI student is one of the potential groups who can promote the appropriate drug use in community.