Effectiveness of Chaplaincy Programs in Drug Abuse Prevention among Secondary School Students in Kiambu County, Kenya

dc.contributor.advisorEunice Githaeen_US
dc.contributor.authorNjaaga, Simon Murigi
dc.date.accessioned2023-08-07T06:13:49Z
dc.date.available2023-08-07T06:13:49Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.descriptionA Research Project Submitted to the School of Law, Arts and Social Sciences in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Award of the Degree of Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology of Kenyatta Universityen_US
dc.description.abstractDrug abuse poses a significant danger to the global community in general and the Kenyan society in particular in terms of health, social and economic risks. Although several researchers have suggested a number of preventive measures, few have shown the importance and the role of chaplaincy in developing resilience and curbing the drug menace. This study therefore sought to assess the effectiveness of chaplaincy programs in drug abuse prevention among1secondary school students in Kiambu County, Kenya. The study1was guided by the following objectives: to determine the programmes put in place by chaplains; to compare students undergoing chaplaincy programmes with those without; to establish stakeholder perception on the effectiveness of chaplaincy programs and to investigate the challenges faced by chaplaincy in drug abuse prevention among1secondary1school students in Kiambu County. The research was anchored on the Chaplain’s1Model of Spiritual1Care and underpinned by Modified Social Stress Model. The study adopted a causal comparative research design and targeted secondary schools which utilized Chaplaincy services in guiding, counselling and pastoral care as well as those that did not. The study targeted 28 schools which utilized chaplaincy programs in the County and 28 others with no chaplaincy programs. The study population was made up of 39,800 students. A 10% (3,980) sample size was picked from the population and selected purposively. An improved questionnaire and an interview guide from Faith, Importance and Influence, Community, and Address tool was used to ascertain the level of utilisation of chaplaincy programmes by the students. Quantitative data was analysed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences and presented using frequencies, percentages and measures of central tendency. Qualitative data was analysed using content analysis and presented in various themes. From the analysed data, it was revealed that 15% (n=452) students had been caught with drugs in school in the year 2021 and 2022. Of this number 18% (n=85) of the students were from schools with chaplaincy while 82% (n=367) were from schools without. The study concluded that chaplaincy had a positive impact on the fight against drug abuse in secondary schools. The study recommended that churches in conjunction with the Ministry of Education need to develop universally accepted chaplaincy framework to guide chaplains in their work.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipkenyatta universityen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/26561
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherkenyatta universityen_US
dc.subjectDrug Abuseen_US
dc.subjectSecondary School Studentsen_US
dc.subjectKiambu Countyen_US
dc.subjectKenyaen_US
dc.titleEffectiveness of Chaplaincy Programs in Drug Abuse Prevention among Secondary School Students in Kiambu County, Kenyaen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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