Drug Prevention &
Education for our
Community
Making a difference
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Drug Abuse Prevention
Presentation Outline
Executive Summary
Needs Analysis
Solution Descriptions
Solution Choice
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Team Members
Michael Cordova
Angel Loza
Susie Rocha
Lourdes Tellez
Victor Ayala
Jasmine Vega
Cia Rodriguez
Justin Canales
Rocsana Corona
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Executive Summary
Lourdes Tellez
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Project Goal
To collect information and data about:
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Drug abuse
Youth in our community
Resources on drug abuse prevention
To create solutions that will address:
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Drug use in our community
Drug prevention
Education for parents
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Research Questions
Are drugs a problem in our community?
Why do youth use drugs?
When do youth begin using drugs?
With whom do youth use drugs?
Do drug users know where to go for help?
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Responsibilities
Cia Rodriguez – Co-Team leader
Lourdes Tellez – Co-Team leader
Michael Cordova – Need Statement
Susana Rocha – Need Statement
Angel Loza – Need Statement
Rocsana Corona – Solution Statement
Jasmine Vega – Solution Statement
Justin Canales – Solution Statement
Victor Ayala- Solution Statement
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Data Collection
¾ Surveyed 170 people
¾ 54% - drug users
¾ 18% - reformed drug users
¾ 28% - family members of drug users
¾ Surveys distributed to and collected from:
¾ New School (alternative school)
¾ Renaissance High School
¾ Pajaro Valley High School
¾ Watsonville High School
¾ Watsonville / Aptos Adult School
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The Need
Angel Loza
Susie Rocha
Michael Cordova
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Background (1)
Surveyed 170 people
Age Distribution
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63% are youth that use drugs
25% of the people are 13 to 15 years old
38% are 16 to 18 years old
18% were 19 to 25 years old
17% were 25 years old and up
Ethnicity
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88% are Mexican-American
10% are White
2% are Asian
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Background (2)
Gender
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30% Female
70% Male
Marital Status
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86% single
12% married
2% divorced
People’s Income
72% are in the range of 0-$8,000
„ 15% are between $9,000-$20,000
„ 13% are $20,000 or higher
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What is the need?
People use drugs for different reasons:
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To forget personal problems
41% used drugs because of stress and depression
4% seeking attention and suffered from low self
esteem
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To satisfy their curiosity
19% felt the need to experiment
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To combat boredom
19% responded
they had nothing to do
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What drugs are being used
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Most used drugs:
40%40%- Marijuana
34%34%- Crystal/Crank
20%20%- Coke
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Some people use more than one drug:
74% indicated that marijuana and
methamphetamines were their choice of drugs
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When do they start using drugs
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Some as early as 11 years old
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But the average is around 13 years old
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We have discovered that the youth use drugs
with their family and friends
16% use drugs with family members
43% use drugs with parents
41% with friends
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When is the need evident
When people are depressed
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41% expressed they were experiencing
feelings of depression and sadness
When there is peer pressure
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71% were influenced by the wrong crowd
When the youth don’t care
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86% have not tried to stop
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How drugs affect performance in
school & jobs
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41% responded that their grade point average
goes down
36% replied that they forget important things
24% indicated that they dropped out of school
or quit their jobs
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Family members offering help
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25% reported they were offered help
50% replied that they were not offered any
type of help
25% responded that their families are not
aware of their drug use
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Why drug use occurs
It happens when youth aren’t offered help
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75% replied that they either don’t know where
help is available or no one has offered to help
When youth have problems
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41% responded they use drugs due to
depression and stress
29% reported they experienced peer pressure
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How they support their habit
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38% receive an allowance from parents
31% indicate they work or are ‘fronted’ drugs from
their drug connections
20% report they steal and sell items of value to
support their habit
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Do they have any children?
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20% indicated that they have kids
80% reported that they don’t have kids
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Evidence of the problem
“although statistics are available, the number of
teenagers using meth is increasing…according to:
drug abuse and counseling agencies,
police task forces,
juvenile hall employees,
court officials,
rehab centers,
teachers, counselors, school principals and school district
officials”
officials”
Reference: Laura Norton, Register Pajaronian Article – Sept. 2nd, 2004
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What are the consequences of
meeting the need
Productive members of society
Less crime
Happier families
Better future for the next generation
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Do they drink beer and smoke
cigarettes
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When we asked if they smoked they replied:
63% yes
37% no
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When we asked if they drink beer they
responded:
90% yes
10% no
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Do you think that they are satisfied
with their life style
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10% reported that they are satisfied with their
life style
90% indicated that they are not satisfied with
their life style
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Consequences of not meeting the need
More of our youth will be lost in drugs
Higher death rates and diseases
Increase in violent crimes and burglaries
A climb in unemployment statistic
Broken homes families, unhappy people
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Has doing drugs slowed down your
thinking process
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85% replied yes
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15% responded no
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What do drugs mean to you?
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7% reported that what drugs mean to them is
to have fun and party
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67% replied that drugs are a unhealthy habit
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26% to relax
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What youth need to not experiment with and
stay off drugs
Youth need better drug education to handle peer pressure
Effective drug prevention programs
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Deal with boredom
Cope with family problems
Engage with the community to address social justice issues
Support to deal with peer pressure
Preparation for highhigh-wage jobs
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Motivation to seek highhigh-wage jobs with a future
Training and education in skills required for these jobs
Internships and mentoring
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The Solution
Rocsana Corona
Jasmine Vega
Justin Canales
Victor Ayala
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Solution Presentation Outline
Present three solutions
Discuss criteria for selecting one solution
Present solution choice and goals
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Drug Prevention: Three Solutions
Provide better drug education and activities to
address:
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Peer pressure, depression, and stress
Create prevention methods for dealing with:
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Boredom and family problems
Develop job preparation program to:
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Give youth hope by educating them for jobs with a future
Help them to explore and find their career
Work closely with them and help them along the way
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Solution 1: Drug education during Jr.
High and High School health classes
Curriculum should include:
Dealing with stress, peer pressure and family problems
Where to seek help and find counseling
Information on drugs and it’
it’s effect on the body / brain
These classes would be different than current classes:
More detailed and include handshands-on activities
Would be fun instead of boring
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Solution 1 (cont’d):
Extra curricular club for youth most at risk
Identify students most at risk to drug use – students with:
Depression, stress, low selfself-esteem, boredom
Dealing with peer pressure and family problems
Provide a club that:
Offers a safe place to be mentored by adults from different
backgrounds
Has activities that get youth involved in the community:
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cadet program, beach clean up, opportunities to volunteer at different
different
community based organizations, research social justice issues
Helps with student’
student’s homework / tutoring offered by adults
and older teens
A place where they can build healthy relationships and
depend on one another to stay clean and sober
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Solution 2: Prevention Programs
Provide activities that focus on positive goals and outcomes:
Using their energy to do productive activities
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Programs that will help the community: beach cleanup, river
cleanup, making safe and fun places for them
Getting involved in bettering our community studying and
understanding social justice issues
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Encourage students to get involved in after school programs
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Various sports (soccer, basketball, baseball, football)
More recreation centers for the youth that have arcades,
TV's and other entertainment
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Solution 2 (cont’d): Prevention education
Creating interactive activities and learning
opportunities about drugs:
„ Reformed drug user presentations about their
struggles
„ Scare them straight – take them to a grave site
with a list of names of people and what kind of
drugs they used
„ Increase awareness – they are not immune to
drug addiction or it’s effects
Use reports from doctors or scientists
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Solution 3: Preparing for Jobs with
a Future
Provide programs designed for youth to:
Help them explore different careers with a future
Provide them with skillskill-building programs
Offer a bridge to college to help them prepare for collegecollege-level study
Interactive curriculum and classes
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Teaching nonnon-violent communication skills, working in teams,
successfully reaching goals to prepare for highhigh-wage jobs
Classes designed for but not restricted to at„
at-risk youth
Classes and hours should be flexible
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Instructors should have:
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years of experience in their fields
patience needed to reach teenagers.
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Solution 3 (cont’d): Career Exposure
Focus on high-paying careers with a future
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offering a variety of different job categories
provide hope for owning a home to more of our youth
Job shadowing
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to provide knowledge about various careers they would
like to pursue
Internships – while they are in college
Preparation – job interviews, resume writing, etc.
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Criteria for Selecting Solution
Potential staff
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Number of staff needed?
Workers from different backgrounds
Skill level of staff
Location of classes
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Easily accessible and various locations
Methods of Advertising
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Advertising by word of mouth, Watsonville channel, newspaper
and radio
Materials needed for after school club
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Computers
School supplies ( pens, pencils, papers)
Cost to the people
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Low cost on a sliding scale/no cost
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Criteria Matrix
Criteria
Potential Workers
Locations of classes/job
sites
Methods of Advertising
Materials needed for
class/work
Cost to the people that
want to take the class
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Job
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Chosen Solution: Job Preparation
It holds the most promise to youth
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Gives them a hope and a future
It teaches them self-respect and about
pride in what they do
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Goals of our Solution
¾ To see youth take an active interest in their
future
¾ To watch them turn away from drugs and turn to
their education and careers
¾ Test the program in 5 years and determine if it is
successful
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Solution Outcomes
¾ Less drug flow into the community
¾ More people in the community getting involved
in helping change the minds of teenagers
¾ Teenagers feeling like that they are in control of
their lives
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Final Project – Work
Plan
Cia Rodriguez
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Step #1 – Create a Team Work Plan
Activities
Deliverables
Read Work Planning
Assignments
Assignments Read
Develop Topic Statements,
Goals and Objectives
Topic Statements, Goals and
Objectives done
Develop a Work Plan Table
Work Plan Table done
Develop a List of
Responsibilities
List done
Complete Assignments
Assignments turned in
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Step #2 – Develop Research Questions and
Survey Questionnaire
Activities
Deliverables
Develop a list of research questions
List of research questions done
Determine three types of people from
which to collect information
List of people completed
Develop a survey questionnaire for each
type of person
Questionnaire completed
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Step #3 – Distribute Surveys
Activities
Deliverables
Distribute surveys
Surveys distributed
Collect surveys
Surveys collected
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Step #4 – Analyze Surveys
Activities
Deliverables
Develop a coding sheet
using Excel
Fill in coding sheet with
each questionnaire
Create a Power Point slide
graph for each survey
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Coding sheet developed
Coding sheet filledfilled-in
Graphs on Power Point
slides done
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Step #5 – Understand the Need and
the Problem
Activities
Deliverables
Each team member
Slide sets developed
develops a slide set on the
need and problem
Each team creates a slide
set that defines the need,
problem and the
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Step #6 – Develop Solutions and Action Plan
Activities
Deliverables
Review needs slides and brainstorm possible
solutions
Possible solutions defined
Describe three solutions that meet the needs
Three solutions defined
Define criteria for selecting best solution
Criteria’
Criteria’s for best solution defined
Develop criteria table for evaluating three solutions
Criteria table developed
Define goals and objectives of selected solution
Deliverables defined
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Step #7 – Create Final Presentation
and Paper
Activities
Deliverables
Complete development of
presentation
Presentation completed
Write paper for English class on
final project process
Papers written
Practice for presentation
Practice completed
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