Avaliação de um curso à distância de prevenção ao uso de álcool e outras drogas voltado para educadores

Abstract

This work is linked to the Drug Abuse Prevention Course for Public Schools Educators, seeking to provide return to the institution responsible for the course and publish in academic circles the actions taken during the investigation process. The dissertation was divided into two fronts, characterized by two empirical articles whose objectives were: (1) characterize the course participants, evaluating the level of satisfaction of the course participants about the tools used and (2) evaluate the development and implementation of prevention projects of drug use, identifying favorable and unfavorable factors to the implementation of these in school contexts represented by the participants of the course. Initially, sociodemographic information such as gender, age, education, occupation and previous contact with the topic alcohol and other drugs (n = 3247) were collected and subsequently the information about the aspects of evaluation (n = 1950) and finally, the access to virtual learning tools was investigated. For research purposes, descriptive statistics were used as frequencies, means and standard deviations and graphical methods, being conducted in the R language (R Core Team, 2015). Most respondents were female (85.8%) and the average age was 40.7 years (SD ± 8.95). 70.9% of the respondents pointed to be public school teachers and 64.8% reported having as a last level of education, graduate courses. 35.2% of the course participants had contact with the theme alcohol and drugs in the school context, indicating the relevance of the issue and the need for specific projects being worked on these theme. In general, the course participants have positioned themselves very positively about the course, indicating that the method of teaching and strategies used were suitable to the public empowered by the Drug Abuse Prevention Course for Public School Educators. However, the number of lost students during the course was substantial, being necessary investigate the possible reasons for the dropout process. The second product of the dissertation aimed to identify advantages and constraints to the implementation process of prevention projects and, therefore, a hybrid methodology (quantitative and qualitative) was used in order to categorize the various answers provided by course participants to the research questions. From the data analysis, some issues stood out and were transcribed in forming categories of two axes. The first axis relates to the potential of the construction process of preventive practices involving the following categories: training and sensitization of school staff, students and school community relationship, besides the participation of the general community in the process. The second area concerns the existing barriers to the process, classified as: family aspects considered as dysfunctional, violence and drug trafficking, child / adolescent characteristics and, finally, the school environment. It points up the importance of methodologies created to identify potential problems and positive aspects of preventive work in school settings in order to maximize the existing advantages and seek viable solutions to barriers encountered.