Percepciones comunitarias sobre el consumo de sustancias psicoactivas sujetas a fiscalización por parte de jóvenes. Estudio en un barrio del sur de Guayaquil.

Abstract

The objective of this degree work is to understand community perceptions about the consumption of psychoactive substances subject to control by young people, a study carried out in a neighborhood in the south of Guayaquil in which a mixed research approach is used because it allows a better understanding of the situation by combining the collection and analysis of quantitative and qualitative data, whose research study is of an applied type and its level is exploratory. The research method used is the sequential explanatory design characterized by its implementation in two different phases: the first phase focuses on the collection and analysis of quantitative data and the second phase involves the collection of qualitative data. The universe of this study corresponds to approximately 300 families in the sector, in which surveys and interviews were carried out. The survey was conducted with 50 people from the neighborhood, while the interviews were conducted with 5 key informants. The results showed that the consumption of psychoactive substances is a visible problem among young people, this leads to the commission of criminal acts and violent acts derived from family factors, environmental pressure, lack of work and educational opportunities, among others. In the neighborhood there are resources such as a church, a health center, an educational center, but they need a recreational center, a UPC, and they feel abandoned by local entities and the state; however, the residents point out that they need to strengthen the resources they have, improve the training of the actors involved and develop effective and accessible prevention and treatment strategies for young people.