Thesis (MPA. and Management)) -- University of Limpopo, 2020 / Alcoholism among teenagers has become a major public health issue worldwide. South Africa is amongst the countries that are experiencing this problem. Abuse of alcohol has caused many social ills, namely road crashes, intentional and unintentional injuries, raping, and petty and high end crime in the community. Drinking amongst teenagers could be linked to personal and environmental factors including dysfunctional family structures and alcohol perception of elders in a particular community, which may view it as socially acceptable to drink, among other factors. The purpose of the study is to explore the perception of the community towards alcohol abuse among teenagers in Shayandima Township, Limpopo Province. The current study adopted a convergent mixed research design (both qualitative and quantitative) as well as a self administered questionnaire and semi-structured interview for data collection. A one-on-one interview was also conducted with 12 key informants in order to gather detailed qualitative data on the perception of the community regarding teenage alcohol abuse. In addition, a total of 50 respondents were involved in the quantitative study. They include social workers, ward councillors, members of Shayandima victim empowerment and community police forum members. The findings of this study revealed that there are policies put in place by government to address alcohol abuse by teenagers; however, the liquor sellers and the community members did not adhere to the rules and regulations. Liquor sellers violate the rules by selling liquor to teenagers, while the parents allow teenagers to go and buy liquor and enjoy the very same liquor with them. It was also found that that there was more violence in the community because of alcohol abuse. Parents tend to protect their children rather than supporting local authorities. Teenagers have access to alcohol at any time and any day because parents give them more money to spend, which makes it cheaper for them to buy alcohol. The findings further highlighted that the community was not well informed about the support rendered by those organizations that deal with teenage alcohol abuse. The study recommends that drastic measures should be taken against the liquor sellers who sell alcohol to teenagers. Their liquor licence should be revoked permanently. Government should strengthen their monitoring system regarding the liquor outlets. Only a business area must have liquor outlets, not the township residential areas and near public schools. Community-based organisations should be promoted to enhance community awareness and act against teenage alcohol abuse. Key words: Alcohol, Teenage, Alcohol Abuse, Community Perception, Shayandima Township

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T15:38:53Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 HeloisaKCS_DISSERT.pdf: 1122622 bytes, checksum: deb681a00b9e4783f5bbe27f6cccc4a1 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-05-20 / This study has as main objectives to translate and to adapt the MCMI-III to brazilian Portuguese, as well as investigate and analyze the involved modifications in the Alcohol Dependence Scale concerning to the results obtained on the validity and on the process of adaptation to Brazil. The inventory was translated and, posteriorly, applied on people with different reading levels to certify that the items are understandable to public in general, from diverse places of the country, divided into clinical and non-clinical groups. Were evaluated 2855 subjects between the ages of 18 and 85 years old, male and female, resident and dwellers of Brazilian cities. The application methods were face-to-face and computerized. Results showed that the clinical group presented significant differences between the means in comparison to the non-clinical group. Through the application of the General Health Questionnaire were developed studies related to the achievement of convergent validity and its results pointed to the relation between the instrument scores and the MCMI-III. The Alcohol Dependence Scale analysis indicated that people who reported abusive use of alcohol had highest scores, indicating adequacy of the instrument on identifying manifestation of disorders and syndromes. Nevertheless, further studies are necessary to the establishment of normative patterns to the Brazilian sample / Esse estudo tem como principais objetivos traduzir e adaptar o MCMI-III para o portugu?s brasileiro, bem como investigar e analisar as modifica??es envolvidas na escala de Depend?ncia de ?lcool do instrumento original em rela??o aos resultados obtidos na validade e no processo de adapta??o para o Brasil. O invent?rio foi traduzido e posteriormente administrado em pessoas com n?veis variados de leitura para certificar-se de que os itens pudessem ser compreendidos pelo p?blico em geral, de diversos locais do pa?s, divididos em grupo cl?nico e grupo n?o cl?nico. Foram avaliados 2855 sujeitos com idades de 18 a 85 anos, dos sexos feminino e masculino, residentes e domiciliados em cidades brasileiras. As formas de administra??o foram modo presencial e modo informatizado. Os resultados demonstraram que o grupo cl?nico apresentou diferen?as significativas entre as m?dias com rela??o ao grupo n?o cl?nico. Por meio da administra??o do Question?rio Geral de Sa?de desenvolveram-se estudos quanto ? obten??o de validade convergente cujos resultados apontaram a rela??o entre os escores desse instrumento e o MCMI-III. A an?lise da escala de Depend?ncia do ?lcool apontou que pessoas que relataram ter feito uso abusivo de ?lcool pontuaram mais alto, indicando a adequa??o do instrumento em identificar manifesta??es de transtornos e s?ndromes. Contudo, ainda s?o necess?rios estudos posteriores para estabelecimento de padr?es normativos para a amostra brasileira