Lack Of Community Support Research Articles

COVID-19 Public Health Restrictions and New Mothers' Mental Health: A Qualitative Scoping Review.

Public health restrictions to protect physical health during the COVID-19 pandemic had unintended effects on mental health, which may have disproportionately affected some potentially vulnerable groups. This scoping review of qualitative research provides a narrative synthesis of new mothers' perspectives on their mental health during COVID-19 pandemic restrictions through pregnancy to the postpartum period. Database searches in PubMed, CINAHL, and PsycINFO sought primary research studies published until February 2023, which focused on new mothers' self-perceived mental health during the pandemic (N = 55). Our synthesis found that new mothers' mental health was impacted by general public health restrictions resulting in isolation from family and friends, a lack of community support, and impacts on the immediate family. However, public health restrictions specific to maternal and infant healthcare were most often found to negatively impact maternal mental health, namely, hospital policies prohibiting the presence of birthing partners and in-person care for their infants. This review of qualitative research adds depth to previous reviews that have solely examined the quantitative associations between COVID-19 public health restrictions and new mothers' mental health. Here, our review demonstrates the array of adverse impacts of COVID-19 public health restrictions on new mothers' mental health throughout pregnancy into the postpartum period, as reported by new mothers. These findings may be beneficial for policy makers in future public health emergency planning when evaluating the impacts and unintended consequences of public health restrictions on new mothers.

Implementation of Social Communication in the Recovery of Drug Abuse Victims

Drug abuse is a big problem in society because its impact can affect many aspects of life. Apart from harming the people directly affected, this also has an impact on families and society as a whole. Facing this challenge, new recovery methods are starting to be developed, especially those involving social and spiritual communication, to help victims of drug conservation. This research aims to evaluate the use of spiritual social communication methods in the recovery of drug abuse victims at the Bhayangkara Indonesia Drug Abuse Prevention Rehabilitation Center, Medan. Using a qualitative approach based on case studies, this research examines the influence of social spiritual communication methods on the recovery process, the challenges that arise, and strategies to increase their effectiveness. Research methods include participant observation, in-depth interviews with drug abuse victims and rehabilitation facilitators, as well as analysis of documents related to rehabilitation programs. The research results show that the integration of socio-spiritual communication methods has a positive impact on the recovery of victims. However, implementing this method faces several obstacles such as lack of community support and limited resources. To overcome these challenges, efforts are needed to increase public understanding and support, provide adequate resources, and strengthen professional capabilities in spiritual guidance. The conclusion of this research is that with shared commitment, social-spiritual communication methods can be an important element in sustainable recovery for victims of drug abuse.

Exploring X: barriers to care for eosinophilic esophagitis.

Patients with chronic diseases have increasingly turned to social media to discuss symptoms and share the challenges they face with disease management. The primary aim of this study is to use naturally occurring data from X (formerly known as Twitter) to identify barriers to care faced by individuals affected by eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE). For this qualitative study, the X application programming interface with academic research access was used to search for posts that referenced EoE between 1 January 2019 and 10 August 2022. The posts were identified as being either related to barriers to care for EoE or not. Those related to barriers to care were further categorized by the type of barrier that was expressed. A total of 8636 EoE-related posts were annotated of which 12.1% were related to barriers to care in EoE. The themes that emerged about barriers to care included: dietary challenges, limited treatment options, lack of community support, lack of physician awareness of disease, misinformation, cost of care, lack of patient belief in disease or trust in physician, and limited access to care. Saturation of themes was achieved. This study highlights barriers to care in EoE using readily accessible social media data that is not derived from a curated research setting. Identifying these obstacles is key to improving care for this chronic disease.

Special Considerations for Brazilian Transgender Patients in the United States: A Commentary

Abstract: Despite facing many social and structural challenges inside and outside of health systems, transgender and gender diverse (TGD) Brazilian immigrants in the U.S. are understudied, and their barriers to care are largely unnamed. In this commentary, we build on existing literature and our experiences at a safety-net community health system that sees a high volume of Brazilian patients to discuss challenges facing TGD Brazilian immigrant populations. We highlight that while Brazilian TGD populations face discrimination in Brazil, major challenges persist upon immigrating to the U.S., and include: difficulty updating identity documents and changing immigration status, barriers seeking general and specialized health care (including finding bilingual and bicultural providers), challenges navigating complex health and insurance systems, and a lack of community supports. We end by recommending more coordinated efforts between health care and community organizations to help ensure the health and wellness of TGD Brazilian immigrants in the United States.

Barriers to access to hepatitis C treatment with direct-acting antivirals in people who inject drugs in the community setting

Barriers to access to hepatitis C treatment with direct-acting antivirals in people who inject drugs in the community setting. Qualitative study with prison population. Hepatitis C (HCV) treatments with direct-acting antiviral therapy (DAA) are an easy and effective option among people who inject drugs (PWID). However, difficulties in accessing and monitoring treatment in community services and dropouts on release from prison are detected among PWID. For this reason, the aim of the study is to know the access barriers in the diagnosis and treatment of HCV in community health services. An exploratory qualitative study was carried out through semi-structured interviews with 33 PWID recruited in a pre-trial detention prison in Barcelona. The information obtained was analysed using grounded theory. Among PWID sub-population entering prison, personal barriers are related to intense drug use, lack of interest and ignorance of HCV infection and treatment, as well as being in a situation of social exclusion. In relation to health providers, they reported receiving little information, the existence of language barriers in migrants, not receiving screening and treatment proposals, and having poor interactions with some professionals. Systemic barriers were expressed related to the health system circuit being complicated, perceiving little comprehensive care and lack of community support. It is recommended to intensify prevention and treatment campaigns, promoting drug substitution programmes than current ones, improve health education, make the diagnosis and treatment process more flexible, and promote social policies and holistic care for greater coverage of the needs of PWID.

Health Education about Malaria for the Nabire Community

Nabire Regency with a total of 1,082 cases. In 2021, there was an increase in malaria cases, reaching 2,456 positive cases of malaria, of which the largest number of cases were in Nabire District with a total of 1,248 positive cases. To reduce the high number of malaria cases, the Nabire Regency Government issued Regent Regulation number 48 of 2019 concerning the Malaria Control Center, but in its implementation there are obstacles faced by the Health Service, namely the lack of community support and the lack of supporting infrastructure in implementing malaria control policies. The aim of community service activities carried out in Nabire Regency is to increase public knowledge and awareness in eradicating malaria. The population of this community service is the Nabire community using counseling methods through community leaders such as village elders, RT, RW and health cadres. The method for solving problems uses several methods and fishbone diagrams. The implementation that has been carried out in this community service is conducting a Forum Group Discussion (FGD) with community leaders consisting of health problems, namely malaria related to community compliance with healthy behavior such as using mosquito nets or installing coarse wire, using mosquito poison, keeping the house clean. After conducting the FGD, we first conducted education regarding malaria prevention through leaflets to community leaders. Health education to the community regarding malaria was assisted by community leaders who participated in the FGD. Community figures who assist in delivering health education are village elders, RT, RW and health cadres. As a result, 85% of community service activities aimed at increasing community knowledge were successful, the community became more knowledgeable about preventing malaria and improving their health. The Conclusion of this research is this community service program was implemented, and resulted in a change in accordance with the output target, namely knowledge about eradicating malaria, especially how to prevent it. It is hoped that the counseling provided can be carried out regularly and applied in people's lives so that the incidence of malaria can decrease.

Social Control and Homeless Encampments: Shifting the Role of Shelters Through Judicial Review

In Canadian cities, unaffordable housing and the lack of community supports have led to an increase in the number of encampments in public spaces. Municipal governments argue that short-term shelter spaces are a reasonable response to the ongoing, amplified housing crisis. However, shelters are an example of the many ‘every day’ regulatory approaches used by public officials in related to unhoused people referenced by Johnsen et al., do not provide legal tenure, and are often unsafe for people and their possessions.

Improving Government and Community Synergy in Rabies Control and Overcoming in Tomohon City: Study at the Health and Agriculture Department

Rabies, known as mad dog disease, is an acute infectious disease that can attack humans. To date, many people have been affected by rabies, including those in Tomohon City. This research was conducted to analyze the synergy between the government and the community in controlling rabies in Tomohon City. The research design used is qualitative. Research findings show that Tomohon City is one of the cities in Indonesia that is not yet free from rabies. The policies set by the Tomohon City Government have not been able to suppress rabies cases. Weak communication and coordination from related agencies and lack of community support are the main causes. The strategy that needs to be implemented is related to problem solving, the role of government and communication networks. Therefore, it is necessary to strengthen border area control over the traffic of animals that transmit rabies, carry out direct outreach and education to the public about the prevention, control and management of rabies, impose sanctions on market traders who still sell meat from animals that transmit rabies without health documents and increase cooperation and coordination between the Subdistrict Government, Subdistrict Government, and related Government Agencies as well as with the Community.

<p>Mental health in school teachers: An explanatory model with emotional intelligence and coping strategies</p>

Introduction. Even before the pandemic began, teachers faced multiple challenges such as diverse student populations with widely varying needs, excessive workloads, lack of community support, and adverse working conditions. The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated these problems. The teachers have been increasingly susceptible to stress, anxiety, and depression. The objective of this research was to evaluate the mediation effect of coping strategies on the relationship between emotional intelligence and teachers' mental health. Method. The design was explanatory with latent cross-sectional variables. The sample was 1668 Chilean school level teachers, 331 (19.8%) were men, and 1337 (80.2%) were women; the mean age was 42.08 years (SD = 11.50). Three scale self-report were used: the emotional intelligence WLEIS, the scale DASS-21 was used to measure mental health levels y, the short version of the COPE-28, for coping strategies. Results. This study showed that high levels of anxiety, depression, and stress are significantly related to the lower emotional intelligence of teachers. The strongest relationships are between mental health variables and the emotional intelligence evaluation and regulation of emotions. The results indicated that the dimensions of emotional intelligence predicted 22%, 26%, and 23% of the variance in anxiety, depression, and stress, respectively. The estimated mediation model showed satisfactory fit indices. For anxiety, active coping and religion were mediated, and for stress, substance abuse, self-distraction and disengagement were mediated. Also, the results showed indirect effects of two maladaptive coping strategies (denial and self-blame) between the relationship of emotional intelligence the dimensions and depression, anxiety, and stress. Discussion and Conclusion. Explanatory models can be the basis for specific strategies to treat stress, anxiety, and depression in teachers. Considering the importance of the teaching role, the results of this study are useful to guide intervention actions that strengthen the management of emotions and the identification and use of effective coping strategies for the promotion of mental health.

Mobile service delivery in response to the opioid epidemic in Philadelphia

BackgroundThe harms of opioid use disorder (OUD) and HIV infection disproportionately impact marginalized populations, especially people experiencing homelessness and people who inject drugs (PWID). Mobile OUD service delivery models are emerging to increase access and reduce barriers to OUD care. While there is growing interest in these models, there is limited research about the services they provide, how they operate, and what barriers they face. We characterize the capacity, barriers, and sustainment of mobile OUD care services in a large city with a high incidence of OUD and HIV.MethodsFrom May to August 2022, we conducted semi-structured interviews with leadership from all seven mobile OUD care units (MOCU) providing a medication for OUD or other substance use disorder services in Philadelphia. We surveyed leaders about their unit’s services, staffing, operating location, funding sources, and linkages to care. Leaders were asked to describe their clinical approach, treatment process, and the barriers and facilitators to their operations. Interview recordings were coded using rapid qualitative analysis.ResultsMOCUs are run by small, multidisciplinary teams, typically composed of a clinician, one or two case managers, and a peer recovery specialist or outreach worker. MOCUs provide a range of services, including medications for OUD, wound care, medical services, case management, and screening for infectious diseases. No units provide methadone, but all units provide naloxone, six write prescriptions for buprenorphine, and one unit dispenses buprenorphine. The most frequently reported barriers include practical challenges of working on a MOCU (e.g. lack of space, safety), lack of community support, and patients with substantial medical and psychosocial needs. Interviewees reported concerns about funding and specifically as it relates to providing their staff with adequate pay. The most frequently reported facilitators include positive relationships with the community, collaboration with other entities (e.g. local nonprofits, the police department, universities), and having non-clinical staff (e.g. outreach workers, peer recovery specialists) on the unit.ConclusionsMOCUs provide life-saving services and engage marginalized individuals with OUD. These findings highlight the challenges and complexities of caring for PWID and demonstrate a need to strengthen collaborations between MOCU providers and the treatment system. Policymakers should consider programmatic funding for permanent mobile OUD care services.

Analisis Implementasi Kebijakan Permenkes Nomor 67 Tahun 2016 Tentang Penanggulangan Tuberkulosis di Kabupaten Kudus Tahun 2021 (Studi Kasus di Wilayah Kerja Puskesmas Purwosari Kudus)

Tuberculosis is an infectious disease that is still a public health problem and one of the causes of death so it is necessary to carry out TB control programs on an ongoing basis. The purpose of the study was to analyze the implementation of policies on TB control in Kudus Regency. The number of positive cases found in Kudus Regency in 19 health centers in 2019 was 681 cases. The case notification rate = CNR of all tuberculosis cases per 100,000 population is 79 per 100,000 population. Based on data obtained by interviews with TB program management officers of the Kudus Regency health office, the highest number of cases were in the Kudus City District work area at the Purwosari Health Center as many as 67 cases with 41 men and 26 women, with a prevalence of 6.7 percent and an incidence rate of 31.3 percent. 
 This research was conducted from August to September 2021. This type of research is descriptive qualitative research with informant retrieval techniques by purposive sampling. The main informants are TB program managers at health center and associate doctors at health center. Test validity with source triangulation informants to the head of the Purwosari Kudus health center, health survey officers and tuberculosis patients. The results showed that the implementation of policy implementation has not run optimally. Of several variables that affect the implementation of policy implementation, namely; human resources; cross-sector relations; and environmental conditions, in the study, it was found that there were still variables that had not run optimally so that they hampered the implementation of this implementation, namely the lack of community support in TB control, and affected by the COVID 19 pandemic.

Perceptions on Birth Preparedness and Complication Readiness: Perspectives of Pregnant Women

Birth preparedness and complication readiness (BPCR) involves preparing for childbirth, bearing in mind the possible complications. The concept of BPCR has the potential to improve the awareness and utilization of suitable medical facilities to ensure safe delivery and minimize maternal and neonatal mortality. The purpose of the study was to explore pregnant women’s perspectives on the benefits and barriers of BPCR in the Northern Ghana. The study employed an exploratory descriptive design using a qualitative approach. Purposive sampling was used to recruit 13 participants. Data was collected through individual face-to-face interviews. The data was analyzed using qualitative content analysis. Out of the 13 participants, the age range for participants was 17 to 37 years; more than half were married, but less than half had no formal education. The participants indicated their understanding of BPCR by explaining the concept of BPCR, dangers signs, and prevention of danger signs. A varied source of information on BPCR was reported including the midwives or clinic, media, and family. The participants indicated that the benefits of BPCR include ensuring adequate preparation, delivery of a healthy child, and arranging for support. The barriers to BPCR were inadequate information, lack of finances, lack of transport, lack of support from the family, and lack of community support. The study findings indicate that the participants were generally informed about the concept of BPCR. However, to enable pregnant women prepare adequately for childbirth, there is a need to involve the husbands in the education on BPCR. The use of mass media to get families and communities educated on the importance of BPCR will enable them to support pregnant women.

Using the Socioecological Model to Explore Barriers to Health Care Provision in Underserved Communities in the Philippines: Qualitative Study.

The Philippines' primary care is delivered via local health centers called barangay health centers (BHCs). Barangays are the most local government units in the Philippines. Designed to promote and prevent disease via basic health care, these BHCs are staffed mainly by barangay health workers (BHWs). However, there has been limited research on the social and environmental factors affecting underserved communities' access to health care in underserved areas of the Philippines. Given the importance of BHCs in disease prevention and health promotion, it is necessary to identify obstacles to providing their services and initiatives. This study aimed to explore multilevel barriers to accessing and providing basic health care in BHCs. We used a qualitative approach and the socioecological model as a framework to investigate the multilevel barriers affecting basic health care provision. A total of 18 BHWs from 6 BHCs nationwide participated in focus group interviews. Traditional thematic content analysis was used to analyze the focus group data. After that, we conducted individual semistructured interviews with 4 public health nurses who supervised the BHWs to confirm findings from focus groups as a data source triangulation. The final stage of thematic analysis was conducted using the socioecological model as the framework. Findings revealed various barriers at the individual (lack of staff motivation and misperceptions of health care needs), interpersonal (lack of training, unprofessional behaviors, and lack of communication), institutional (lack of human resources for health, lack of accountability of staff, unrealistic expectations, and lack of physical space or supplies), community (lack of community support, lack of availability of appropriate resources, and belief in traditional healers), and policy (lack of uniformity in policies and resources and lack of a functional infrastructure) levels. Examining individual-, interpersonal-, institutional-, community-, and policy-level determinants that affect BHCs can inform community-based health promotion interventions for the country's underserved communities. Given the multidimensional barriers identified, a comprehensive program must be developed and implemented in collaboration with health care providers, community leaders, local and regional health care department representatives, and policy makers.

Exploring the Contexts of Child Sexual Abuse Within Families: A Field Study on the Taboo of Incestuous Adultery in Iran

According to structuralist theory in anthropology, the family unit has an internal order based on the rule ‘no adultery’, but through evolution and transformation, this cultural order can become its opposite. In some cases, this can lead to the violent suppression of individuality, rejection, isolation, harassment, sexual assault and even honour killings. In Iran, sexual abuse by incest is a taboo topic with significant social stigma attached to it. Victims’ fears of punishment and rejection, combined with the lack of registration and reporting, means that there are no reliable statistics or evidence, but some studies show that it is prevalent in Iranian society. This study aims to investigate the causes and factors associated with the sexual abuse of children by family members. It uses semi-structured interviews with 452 people who experienced incest in childhood. The study confirms that child sexual abuse by family members is facilitated by favourable circumstances and makes abused people more vulnerable to their abusers. The study identified several factors that contribute to sexual abuse, including inequality, poverty, patriarchy, ineffective sex education, lack of community support and family dysfunction. These factors lead to subsets of social and individual consequences, such as weakened social relations, early or delayed marriage, interpersonal problems, divorce, dysfunction, negative feelings and a sense of being ‘other’. Efforts to address these underlying factors are necessary to prevent sexual abuse and improve the well-being of victims.

Police Recognition of Gender Issues in Relation to Intimate Partner Domestic Violence and Abuse in Greece

AbstractThe aim of the research was to understand the perceptions and beliefs of police officers who work and support victims of intimate partner domestic violence and abuse (DVA) and evaluate the way it is recorded. A sample was collected from eight police departments in Greece. The head of each police department was approached by the researcher and asked to distribute a structured questionnaire to front-line police officers who work with DVA victims. In total 358 police officers completed the questionnaire. Overall, nearly twice as many police officers referred to female victims (n = 170) compared to male victims (n = 83) of DVA. The police officers indicated that female victims usually suffered from severe physical violence/GBH (43%) and psychological abuse (27%), whereas male victims were most likely to disclose minor physical injuries and verbal abuse (49%) and less psychological violence (10%). An arrest was the most common response for both female and male victims (51% and 60%, respectively). Police participants indicated that offenders against males were more likely to be charged (28%) but less likely to be convicted (4%), whereas the opposite was reported for offenders of female victims (14% and 13%, respectively). If the offender was known to the police, the opinion was they were less likely to be prosecuted. Police respondents reported no significant differences for female and male victims as to causal factors and reasons for NOT reporting DVA. These were discrimination (31%), few DVA services (23%), intimidation (15%), shame and stigma of media reports (14%), lack of community support (6%), and personal reasons (9%).

Facilitators and Barriers to Physical Activity Involvement as Described by Autistic Youth with Mild Intellectual Disability.

Physical activity involvement among autistic youth and youth with an intellectual disability is significantly lower than the general population. Few studies have included youth with comorbid diagnoses of ASD and intellectual disability. Fewer studies collect information from the youth themselves. This study examined barriers and facilitators to physical activity in autistic youth with mild intellectual disability using semi-structured interviews with youth and through caregiver reports. Fourteen caregivers and their children ages 8 to 16years old participated. Caregivers completed a questionnaire about their thoughts on their child's physical activity while their children completed the semi-structured interview. A descriptive phenomenological approach was followed. Four themes were inductively identified: intrapersonal barriers (factors that are within the person which impede physical activity involvement, such as exhibiting challenging behaviors that inhibit engagement), interpersonal barriers (factors external to the person, such as lack of community support), intrapersonal facilitators (factors within the person that enhance physical activity involvement, such as being intrinsically motivated to improve skills), and interpersonal facilitators (external factors such as supports from caregivers). Interviewing youth is important to capture a holistic picture of factors influencing physical activity. Future research may focus on implementing and assessing the efficacy of strategies to address the barriers facing youth diagnosed with ASD and intellectual disability. The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s41252-022-00310-5.

The Role of Local Government in Tourism Development to Improve Community Welfare at Muna Barat Regency, Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia

The purpose of this study is to describe the role of the government in tourism development at Muna Barat Regency, and the impact of tourism development on improving people's welfare at Muna Barat Regency. This research uses a descriptive method with a qualitative approach. Qualitative descriptive research is one type of qualitative research because the social and cultural environment at Muna Barat Regency, through the local government emphasizes that the existence of tourist objects can be used as a means for the local community to recognize the variety of cultures brought by domestic and foreign tourists. The results of this research showed that: (1) The government's role in tourism development at Muna Barat Regency is to organize and develop tourism objects to improve community welfare, empower tourism businesses and manage tourism data and promotion, and (2) The impact of tourism development on improving welfare at Muna Barat Regency through tourism development are: lack human resources, lack budget funds from the APBD and DD (Dana Desa/Village Funds) to design the tourism destination development program, and the lack of community support, as well as lack of public awareness of tourism objects.

Substance Abuse and Rural Appalachian Pediatric Trauma in West Virginia.

Introduction Rural Appalachia is endemic to issues such as substance abuse, poverty, and lack of community support, all of which negatively influence health outcomes. The incidence of pediatric trauma as it relates to substance abuse is of concern in the region, where the rate of positive drug screens in pediatric trauma cases is higher than national average. Methods The West Virginia statewide pediatric trauma database was analyzed in a retrospective cohort study for the years 2009-2019. Variables of interest included injury severity (assessed using Abbreviated Injury Scale (AIS)), drug screening results, and various measures of patient outcome. Results The sample was divided into 2009-2016 presentations (n = 3,356) and 2017-2019 presentations (n = 1,182). Incidence of critical (AIS 5) head injuries (p = 0.007) and serious (AIS 3) neck injuries (p = 0.001) increased as time progressed. Days requiring ventilation increased from 3.1 in 2009–2016 to 6.3 in 2017–2019 (p < 0.001). Drug screens were obtained at a rate of 6.9% in 2009–2016 versus 23.3% in 2017–2019 (p < 0.001). Benzodiazepine use increased from 0.8% to 1.8% (p < 0.001), and opioid use increased from 1% to 4.9% (p < 0.001). Conclusion The increasing severity of pediatric trauma and substance abuse in Appalachia is of significant concern. The use of respiratory drive-depressing drugs has risen, just as the severity of head and neck traumas has increased. These results emphasize the importance of targeted interventions in the rural pediatric population.

Cirqiniq: the decolonising of social circus in Nunavik

This writing sets out to explore the Social Circus program in Nunavik in the Arctic in Far North Canada which in various forms has now been running for nearly twenty years. The initial program begun by Cirque du Soleil in 2002 had little uptake by the Inuit. There was a lack of community support and very sporadic attendance by the Inuit young people and after five years it was discontinued. The Social Circus program now known as Cirqiniq developed out of this initial program. Its success can be gauged by the fact that every year young Inuit vote in a poll as to whether it should continue or not. The program now has the support to ensure it continues each year. This article asks questions about what it was that changed in order to cause this turnabout? What was it that changed to cause the involvement of young Inuit and Inuit communities? Did the approaches to training change? Did structural changes occur? The authors, two of whom have worked with Cirqiniq, set out to answer these questions. A series of interviews undertaken with Inuit and Qallunaat (non-Inuit) involved in the program, along with research undertaken in response to these interviews, revealed a process of structural and cultural decolonisation of the Social Circus program which the authors point to as the key component in the program’s current success.

Police Efforts in Combating and Preventing Illegal Racing Among Youth

The objectives of this research are; (1) To find out the factors that cause illegal racing activities in Soppeng Regency; (2) To find out the efforts made by the police in the jurisdiction of the Soppeng Police in preventing and overcoming illegal racing; (3) To find out the obstacles faced by the Soppeng Police in preventing and dealing with illegal racing. This research uses a normative approach and a sociological approach. The samples in this study were the Head of the Soppeng Police Traffic Unit and 2 members of the Soppeng Police Traffic Unit in charge of traffic patrol issues. This study uses interviews and observations in collecting data. The results showed that the factors causing the occurrence of illegal racing among teenagers were; (1) Low understanding of norms prevailing in society; (2) lack of supervision and environmental care; (3) alternative entertainment; (4) as a means of self-actualization and means of socializing; (5) As a show off (6) to create happiness; (7) As a means of self-actualization. Meanwhile, the obstacles faced in dealing with illegal racing among teenagers; (1) Lack of personnel; (2) Increasing illegal racing by teenagers; (3) Facilities and Infrastructure; (4) Lack of community support. Meanwhile, the efforts made in dealing with illegal racing among teenagers; (1) Increase patrol activities in places that are considered prone to illegal racing; (2) Routine inspection of motorized vehicles; (3) Conduct socialization and counselling, especially in schools.