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- Title
Prevalencia de consumo de sustancias en los adolescentes entre 13 y 18 años pertenecientes al municipio de Puerto Rico Caquetá.
- Authors
Klimenko, Olena; Llanos Ochoa, Audry Yinery; Martínez Rodríguez, María Aidé; Rengifo Calderón, Aida Cristina
- Abstract
The paper presents results of research aimed at describing the prevalence of psychoactive substance use in adolescents between 13 and 18 years of age belonging to the municipality of Puerto Rico Caquetá. The quantitative study, descriptive level and cross-sectional design, I use the ASSIST questionnaire to a total of 817 adolescents. The corresponding ethical considerations were taken into account. The results indicate that the most consumed substance is alcohol with a percentage of 80%, 33% corresponds to women and 67% to men; alcohol consumption occurs at an early age, visualizing that the age of onset from 10 to 13 years of age is 11%, from 14 to 17 years of age it is 87% and from 18 years of age onwards 2% ; In addition, it was found that 3% of the population is at high risk of consumption of any drug; 41% is at a moderate risk level and 56% at a low risk level. Therefore, it is important to carry out prevention projects in drugs within the municipality that cover different contexts / spheres, which serve as tools to change the culture and erroneous thoughts that are had, when consuming any type of drug.
- Publication
Revista Katharsis, 2018, Issue 25, p3
- ISSN
0124-7816
- Publication type
Article