Citation

Sampaio Filho FJ, de Sousa PR, Vieira NF, Nóbrega MFB, Gubert Fdo A, Pinheiro PN. Rev. Gaucha Enferm. 2010; 31(3): 508-514.

Vernacular Title

Percepcao de risco de adolescentes escolares na relacao consumo de alcool e

Affiliation

Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC), Fortaleza, Ceará, Brasil.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2010, Escola de Enfermagem da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande e do Sul)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

21574336

Abstract

Alcohol use has been a major precipitating cause of situations of vulnerability in adolescence. The study aims to analyze the risk perception about the relationship of adolescent alcohol use and sexual behavior. The subjects were ten adolescents between 14 and 19, students from a public school in Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil. Exploratory and descriptive qualitative approach based on the technique of focus group and systematized by means of five workshops. Teenagers recognize the risk between alcohol consumption and sexual behavior and emphasize that drinking facilitates the relations between sexual peers and indicate the influence of media in this process. The perception of adolescents and their relation to alcohol abuse and its consequences is particularly relevant to the implementation of public policies for preventing and fighting alcohol consumption at this stage of growth and development.

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