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- Title
DRUGS USE BY SIX TO SEVEN-YEAR-OLD CHILDREN FROM AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN CELAYA, GUANAJUATO, MÉXICO.
- Authors
García Campos, María de Lourdes; Carvalho Ferriani, Maria das Graças
- Abstract
This study aimed to identify the use of drugs by six to seven-year-old students from an elementary school in Celaya, Gto., Mexico. It is a cross-sectional exploratory study with non-probabilistic sample. Thirty-nine students, both genders, were interviewed, and the use of drugs was identified, not only among students, but also among people close to them. The whole sample (100%) was 7 years old, 61.5% female, 77% reported their mothers smoked, and 25% she consumed alcohol; 24.3% reported their father smoked, and 48.6% he consumed alcohol; 30.6% of the scholars had already consumed alcohol once (beer), 8.1% had tried cigarettes, but not other drugs.
- Subjects
CELAYA (Mexico); MEXICO; DRUG abuse; SCHOOL children; ALCOHOL drinking; SMOKING; ELEMENTARY schools
- Publication
Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem (RLAE), 2008, Vol 16, Issue 4, p523
- ISSN
1518-8345
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1590/S0104-11692008000700004