The experience of care givers living with youths abusing drugs and substances: A case study of Chipadze Area. · Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Author

Nyandoro, Crucial

Title

The experience of care givers living with youths abusing drugs and substances: A case study of Chipadze Area.

Abstract

The focus of the study is having understanding of the experience of the care givers living with the youths abusing drug and substances. The research approach used by the researcher in this study is the qualitative design approach. The researcher used snow balling sampling and purpose sampling for the research. On the participants snow balling sampling was applied and key informants purposive sampling was applied. The data collection methods used by the researcher are focus group discussion and in depth interviews. Focus group discussion was used to collect data from the participants and in-depth interviews were used to collect data from the participants. The findings of the study are causes of drug and substance abuse among the care givers living with the youths abusing drug and substances, challenges faced by the care givers of the youths abusing drug and substances and the strategies being used by the care givers of the abusing drug and substances to cope with the challenges of drug and substance abuse. From the findings the causes of drug and substance abuse among the youths of the care givers are lack of unemployment, peer pressure from friends and community, cultural beliefs and the increase of urbanization and migration. The findings of the study highlighted that the challenges of drug and substance abuse among the care givers of the youths abusing drug and substances are health implication, financial strain, and high rate of crime and family separation, disunity and violence. The findings also highlighted that the strategies to cope with the challenges of the care givers living with the youths abusing drug and substances are providing education and awareness, building support network systems in the communities, harsh penalties and laws to the people who are found with illegal drugs and also providing open communication systems in the communities. The recommendations of the study are imposing policies that facilitate resources such as training, building supportive networks for caregivers, collaboration of stakeholders and training for social workers basing on drug and substance abuse handling.

Date

June 2025

Publisher

BUSE

Keywords

Youths

Care Givers

Drugs and Substances

Supervisor

Mr. Sadomba