| Chip Title: | Prevention of Substance Abuse among Adolescents in Primary Health Care Unit,Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital |
| Participant(s): | Kehinde Akeem Adegoke Zakariyahu Tawakalit Omolola Ogunjobi Patience N. Oyediran Kayode A |
| Organization: | Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital, Ekiti, Ekiti State,Nigeria |
| Year: | 2016 |
| Country: | Nigeria |
| Region: | Western_Africa |
Presentation (PDF) prevention-of-substance-abuse-among-adolescents-in-primary-health-care-unit.pdf
CHIP Plan (PDF)
Details
About the Organization
EKSUTH is a tertiary institution located in the western part of Nigeria and it is meant to serve people within and outside the state.
There are 14 major departments within the hospital which include Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Ophthalmology, Anaesthesia, Surgery, Ear, Nose & Throat, Radiology, Community medicine, Family Medicine, Psychiatry among others.
Our clinical staff is over 1, 196 and 352 administrative members of staff which cut across all the departments mentioned above.
GAP Analysis
- Youth Friendly Clinic is presently absent in our Organization.Youth Friendly Clinic is presently absent in our Organization.
- Difficulty in identifying mental health cases among the adolescents in primary health care units.
- Some health workers at primary health care units do not have enough training to identify substance abuse cases
- Some health workers at primary health care units do not have enough training to identify substance abuse cases Some substance abuse cases are not conspicuous
Program Goal Statement
Prevention of Substance Abuse among Adolescents in Primary Health Care Unit of Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital, Ado Ekiti Nigeria
Long Term Outcome Smart Objective
To reduce prevalence of substance use by 50% in two years (Aug 2017 – Jul 2019) among those recruited in Ado Local Government of Ekiti State.