Abstract:
Changes in adolescents are one of the reason for their negative acts, including drug abuse. A strategy
that can be used by the community health nurse to prevent this is by strengthening the role of
adolescent families, so that they could provide their adolescent’s needs properly. Based on assessment
and identification of problems in adolescents, a program known as Keluarga Untuk Remaja Sehat
(KUAT) was arranged in various of action plans for strengthening adolescent and their families as
follows: 1) early detection of drug abuse; 2) how to comunicate effectively with adolescent; and 3)
forming a support group consist of families with adolescents in Kelurahan Cisalak Pasar Depok. The
purpose of the study was to investigate the effectiveness of KUAT as an intervention strategy to
increase adolescent’s skill to control the risk of drug abuse. The method of this research was
quantitative research and data was collected through questionaire after KUAT intervention. A random
sample of 72 adolescents who aged 10-19 years old and their families, was chosen. Result of KUAT
program is the increasing of adolescent’s risk control skill of drug abuse by 94,3% from 48,6%
(p=0,046). Conclusion is that KUAT as a strategy of intervention was effective and applicable to use
in the management of service and nursing care for controlling the drug abuse risk in adolescent. It is
recommended that KUAT as risk control of drug abuse is needed for strengthening the role of family
to adolescents.
