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Prevalência do uso de drogas entre professores do ensino médio
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Soares, Suely Cristina Araujo Maciel, Veras Maciel, Wamberto Vieira Silva, Joseleide Maria Da Sobral, Helení De Vasconcelos Steinhauser, Henrique Caballero Gondim, Líbia Augusta Maciel |
| Copyright Year | 2012 |
| Abstract | Introduction: Drug use is a social problem that affects mainly young people. t he school is thus regarded as one of the basic pillars in preventing drug addiction. t he aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of licit and illicit drug use among high school teachers of Caruaru-PE. Methods: Cross-sectional study of 60 teachers from public and private schools in the city of Caruaru-PE. We used frequency measures and bivariate tests of association (chi-square test) for the statistical analysis. Results: 47.5% of the te achers used licit drugs and 37.7% had used illicit drugs. Concerning licit drugs, we found that 23.0% of the teachers were smokers, all consumed alcoholic beverages, especially beer (33.3%) and wine (20.0%), and alcohol consumption was higher in males (60.0%) and in the 31-40 year age bracket (57.7%). Concerning the use of illicit drugs, 37.7% of the teachers reported having already used them, while 18.3% reported previous use of inhalants, 8.2% marijuana, 6.6% over-the-counter sedatives, and 1.7 % crack cocaine. Conclusion: A high prevalence of licit and illicit drug use, particularly alcohol, tobacco and inhalants, was found among high school teachers in Caruaru, being more frequent in males. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.antidrogas.com.br/downloads/prevalencia_prof.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
