Social health and youth drug addiction(Lived experience)

Considering the role and impact of the three components of youth, social health and drug addiction on the development and lack of development of any society, the purpose of this research is to investigate the causes of drug addiction among the youth of Bojnord city who have lived experience and also Examining and impact of addiction and social health on each other. The method of this research was qualitative and grounded theory type. The participants included 33 people (20 men and 13 women) according to the criteria determined from the people who were between 18-35 years old and were present in the residence and addiction treatment centers of Bojnord city, selected by non-probability (targeted) sampling method and by conducting in-depth and semi-structured interviews, data has been obtained.
The results showed that 5 main categories and 22 sub-categories include individual, family, social, cultural and economic factors as influencing factors on youth addiction, which 1- Individual factors include: pleasure-seeking, curiosity, illusion of increasing power, lack of awareness of the effects of drugs, Getting rid of physical and mental pains, achieving fleeting peace and escaping from problems, lack of life skills 2- Family factors include: unhealthy family, breakdown and divorce, family problems and tensions, lack of supervision in the family, low social capital in the family and emotional indifference 3 - Social factors include: circle of friends, place of living, socializing with drug addicts and negative social capital, reduction of social interactions 4- Cultural factors include: normality of consumption, low cultural capital and lack of free time, low religiosity 5- Economic factors include: poverty And homelessness, child labor, fatigue and long working hours were identified as factors affecting addiction among young people, then it was matched with 33 indicators of social health in Iran, and it was found that 24 indicators of social health somehow affect the causes of addiction. as well as addiction, which itself is one of the health indicators It is collective and affects the health of the society, and finally, according to the discovered strategies and consequences, a theoretical model was presented. According to the identification of factors affecting addiction, it can be concluded that by planning and implementing prevention programs, it is possible to reduce this harm, that reducing addiction in any society improves the health of the society and on the other hand, improves the quality of health indicators. Socially, it leads to the reduction of the prevalence of addiction among the youth of the society.