Fatores associados a adesão ao curso de capacitação a distância para líderes, voluntários, profissionais e gestores de Comunidades Terapêuticas

• Ano de defesa: 2015
• Autor(a) principal: Oliveira, Giovana Carvalho de [UNESP]
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
• Palavras-chave em Português: Ensino a distância; Comunidade terapeutica - Estudos longitudinais; Profissionais; Voluntários; Professional employees
• Link de acesso: http://hdl.handle.net/11449/132014; http://www.athena.biblioteca.unesp.br/exlibris/bd/cathedra/24-11-2015/000854676.pdf

Introduction: It is estimated that in Brazil 80% of the care to people with alcohol, crack and other drugs problems take place in Therapeutic Communities (TC), hence the importance given to this type of facility by alcohol and other drugs policies drugs, especially the Program Crack - we can win.The expansion of the number of TCs in Brazil and the diversity of its staff constitution and approaches led SENAD, in partnership with FMB-UNESP, to organize a training course addressed to managers, workers and volunteers connected with TCs. Objective: To identify factors associated with adherence to a free online course aimed at training professionals, therapists, volunteers, managers and leaders of TCs dealing with alcohol, crack and other drugs dependents. Methods: This is a longitudinal evaluation, quantitative study of 7,572 students enrolled in the training course who agreed to participate, between December 2014 and July 2015 Results: Out of the 7,572 enrolled subjects, 2,963 (39.1%) withdrew before the final exam and 4,609 (60.9%) did the final exam. The rate of completion among those working in a TC was 64.9%, as compared to 57.1% among other enrolled students (p<0.001). Professional status was significantly associated with completion rate: 70.1% of managers, 66.4% of other workers and 61.8% of volunteers completed the course. In the final logistic regression model, Outcome withdrawal was associated with the following factor: Black/Brown color (all subjects), never had used Moodle, not having had any continuing education course on substance use in the last two years and being from the Center West Region (only for subjects not connected with a TC) and not having completed a training course on Substance use prevention - a course for county counsellors (only for those working in TCs) whereas Outcome final exam was associated with age (36 years and over, for all enrolled students). Conclusion: It can be concluded that being a TC ...