PMTOH ARTS CULTURE ACTIVITIES CAN REDUCE TRENDS OF DRUG USED BY HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN BANDA ACEH

Introduction: Narcotics cases in Aceh Province increased from 943 cases in 2014 to 1,170 cases in 2015. Teenagers are one of the groups who were vulnerable to narcotics abuse. It is expected that PMTOH'S school-based cultural intervention will prevent the tendency of drug used among students. The purpose of this study was to analyze the effectiveness of the PMTOH arts-based extracurricular program in preventing drug used trends. Method: The research design was a quasi-experiment with a control group and cluster random sampling method divided into a control group and an intervention group with population of 270 and sample of 244 students. Data collection used was Attitudes to Drug Use Scale instrument. Data analyses used was Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test, Chi-Square Test, and Binary Logistic Regression Test. Result: There was a difference between before and after of health education about drugs using the art of speaking in Acehnese (PMToH) with a value of P = 0.0001. There was no difference between before and after of health education about drugs which was carried out by the BNN Aceh team (P = 0.353). Logistic regression analysis showed that individual factors (P = 0.002) and environmental factors (P = 0.001) were significant predictors of use drug trends by student. Individual factors were the most dominant predictors of drug use tendency in students (OR: 8,419; 95% CI: 2,238 - 36,736) after being controlled by environmental factors (OR: 5,382; 95% CI: 1,213 - 23,686). Conclusion. It is expected that the model of health education using the art of speaking in the Aceh language (PMTOH) is carried out in extracurricular activities as an alternative drug counseling technique that can be used in drug prevention for high school students in Banda Aceh.