Assessment of Factors that Cause Relapse Back to Substance Abuse after Rehabilitation among Drug Abusers in Tanzania: The Case of Zanzibar.

Mohammed, Bakari Ali (2021) Assessment of Factors that Cause Relapse Back to Substance Abuse after Rehabilitation among Drug Abusers in Tanzania: The Case of Zanzibar. Doctoral thesis, The Open University of Tanzania.

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Abstract

The study set to assess the factors which caused relapse to drug abuse after rehabilitation among drug abusers in Tanzania. Specific objectives were to; examine family factors that caused drug abusers to relapse back to drug use after their rehabilitation, assess the rehabilitation centre’s services delivered to drug abusers who were under treatment and rehabilitations, identify factors that cause drug abusers to withdraw from treatment and rehabilitation services and to find out how social workers supported drug abusers in the treatment and rehabilitation. The study involved 100 respondents, out of which 80 had the history of relapsing to substance abuse and 20 had totally relapsed to substance abuse. The study also involved parents and staff working at the rehabilitation centres. The case study design was adopted and data gathering instruments were in-depth interviews, FGDs and questionnaires. The study found out that majority of parents and relatives did not know about substance abuse and relapsing, and over a half of drug abusers did not have an understanding of substance abuse which would have enabled them to survive in the high-risk situation. The study also found out that unemployment was a main cause of relapsing back to substance abuse after the discharge from the rehabilitation centres. The study concluded that parents, caregivers and other people in the community had little knowledge about substance abuse and relapsing back to substance abuse after quitting. The study recommends the employment of qualified social workers to provide social work services to rehabilitation centres, provision of mass education and sensitization of the entire community. This would ensure good understanding of the substance abuse, its effects and the problem of relapse. Keywords: Drug abusers, rehabilitation, relapse back, social workers

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