Rol del trabajador social en el consumo de sustancias psicoactivas en el barrio 24 de mayo, Cantón Santa Rosa, 2020

Abstract

The consumption of psychoactive substances is a social phenomenon that greatly affects different countries worldwide, within these are both legal and illegal. This situation is not far from the national or local reality, That is why, the communities have been affected by the growth of spending and consumption of these substances that have negative and harmful effects on the people who consume them, for this reason the professional work of the social worker in this problem intervenes in various ways, one of them is with a focus on prevention; for which, the objective of this work was to identify the role of the Social Worker in preventive actions within the consumption of psychoactive substances in the 24 de Mayo neighborhood of the Santa Rosa canton, through the research process of dialectical reason with a mixed approach, qualitative, following the inductive-deductive method, through bibliographic information in the referential framework and with the application of techniques interview and observation, and quantitative, with the use of data collection techniques such as: surveys, where in each technique, its respective instrument is extracted, which were planned according to the needs of the investigation, and subsequently executed, collecting information in relation to the theme in a number of residents, which through a non-probabilistic study, was deemed correct and necessary. With the evaluation of the process, it was possible to identify the characteristics of the place of intervention, which following the cycle of the diagnosis, allowed to determine a sector of the neighborhood where there is a greater incidence of the consumption of these substances, which makes it impossible for a satisfactory development causing discomfort in the community. Population, With this information and respective analysis, it was possible to identify the intervention carried out, formulating the action plan that is theoretically based on the critical - radical model with specific activities, using the necessary resources, all this with the purpose of building knowledge about the changes that can be achieved in society, understanding the necessary actions in the work of the professional, as it is through the delivery of information and in turn the socialization of data door to door to the residents of the neighborhood and also the intervention in an educational institution, through a talk to the adolescents of the Dr. Modesto Chavez Franco, actions with which it was intended to educate the population with scientific and accurate bases that intervene in the development of the community, looking for each of the people to be protagonists of their own change, that of their family and the community in general. To know the level of acceptance of the actions carried out within the action plan, a satisfaction survey was applied to the beneficiaries, both residents and adolescents, from which an excellent and good range was obtained, giving an interpretation that the object of study showed gratitude for the interest shown by the authors, given that the problem is characterized by the lack of intervention by the competent entities, and this is how an analysis of the information was reached, managing to establish the appropriate conclusions. and recommendations.