Awareness And Knowledge Of Drug And Substance Use Among 18-24 Year-old Female Adolesents
[A CASE STUDY OF SOWETO - KAYOLE]

1.4 Objectives of the Study

1.4.1 Main Objective

The main objective of the study is to assess drug and substance use among female adolescents in Soweto-Kayole Sub-County Nairobi County

1.4.2 Specific Objectives

The specific objectives of the study are:

i. To identify the various substances commonly used by female adolescents in Soweto- Kayole, Nairobi County.

ii. To assess the extent of substance use by female adolescents in Soweto-Kayole, Nairobi County.

iii. To examine female adolescents behavior related to substance use in Soweto-Kayole, Nairobi County.

iv. To determine the factors that contributes to substance use by adolescents in Soweto- Kayole, Nairobi County.

1.5 Significance of the Study

The findings of this study will be used to educate female adolescents and their parents on drug use in Kayole, Nairobi County, Kenya and even Africa at large and to develop strategies and policies to ensure effective control of the problem.

The findings of this study can also be used to enrich the country‘s national drug dependence preventive education. It is likely that teachers, schools and training colleges will find this study a rich resource for preparation of more meaningful lessons on substance use preventive education. Similarly, curriculum developers are also likely to utilize the study‘s findings while organizing and sponsoring co-curricular activities aimed at substance abuse education. The study‘s findings are expected to be an important contribution to theory, and tools of studying substance use in Kenya. Finally, the findings would be important for the setting up of a substance use and abuse specialized interventions program. It is expected that through such interventions, a systematic eradication of substance use among female adolescence may end. Adolescence will then focus

their attention to schooling, improve their performance significantly and becoming valuable in the society. This would enable the community to develop since drug use only makes the community to stagnate.

1.6 Scope and Limitation of the Study

The study was conducted among the female adolescence in Soweto-Kayole, Sub-County in Nairobi County Kenya. This is because the researcher was not able to cover the entire nation because of time factor, monetary ramifications and different coordination’s. Furthermore, Nairobi County is among the districts that face a major test from medicate use because of the flood of individuals from different locales of Kenya and in addition outside Kenya. Nairobi has additionally been viewed as both a goal and in addition a channel for sedate trafficking in Kenya and these may effortlessly discover their way into Nairobi schools and universities. The investigation tried to decide the different medications substances generally utilized by female adolescents, determine the factors that contribute to drugs and substance use by female adolescents, assess the extent of drug and substance use by these adolescents and investigate female adolescents’ behavior related to drug and substance use in Soweto-Kayole Sub-County, Nairobi County.

The limitation of this study was majorly the unwillingness of some respondents to give information freely for fear of being victimized. The researcher however assured them that the information they give will not be used against them and that the questionnaires they would fill would be anonymous.

Another limitation of the study was some of the respondents were school drop outs and others had no formal education so they could not fill the questionnaire due to lack of reading and writing. However the researcher assisted them where possible.

1.7 Aim of the Study

The expressions "objective", "point" and "reason for existing" are regularly utilized reciprocally as equivalent words (De Vos 1998). The point of the investigation will be to investigate and portray the learning and suppositions of young people, who utilize or utilized medications, on the medication utilize and manhandle issue in Soweto-Kayole Sub-county in Nairobi County.

1.8 Assumptions of the Study

The study was based on various assumptions namely:

i. There was an existence of drug and substance use among female adolescents in Soweto- Kayole.

ii. The respondents would be free to respond to questionnaires without fear of intimidation.

iii. The selected sample would be representative of the entire population in the divisions so that the result can be generalized.

iv. The instruments used would be valid and reliable for data collection.

v. The information given by the correspondents would be their true perception, experiences and behavior.