ADOLESCENTS ATTENDING PUBLIC SCHOOLS: DRUG USE, SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH AND SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION.

Vasconcelos Borges, Lídia Christina; Souza de Almeida, Camila; Barroso Rodrigues, Samuel; Henrique Duarte, Sebastião Júnior; Bezerra Cavalcante, Ricardo; Miranda Machado, Richardson

Objective: to evaluate drug use among adolescents attending public schools and its association with the social determinants of health and spatial distribution. Methods: a cross-sectional study carried out between 2020 and 2021 in which the Drug Use Screening Inventory (DUSI) and sociodemographic questionnaires were applied to 226 students attending 9th year of Fundamental Education in public schools from a city of Minas Gerais. A descriptive analysis was performed by means of Fisher's Exact Test. Results: regarding alcohol consumption, only the "age" variable was significant. As for tobacco, the "age", "parents" marital status" and "who do you live with?" variables presented a significant association. The other psychoactive substances did not present significant associations. In relation to the spatial distribution, the highest intensity of problems was concentrated in leisure/recreational activities. Conclusion: alcohol and tobacco use is associated with the social determinants referring to the social network and personal factors, such as age.

BRAZIL; LIQUOR laws; STUDENT health; HEALTH policy; SUBSTANCE abuse; SOCIAL determinants of health; CONFIDENCE intervals; CROSS-sectional method; RESEARCH methodology; SOCIAL networks; POPULATION geography; FISHER exact test; RECREATION; INTERVIEWING; HEALTH literacy; QUESTIONNAIRES; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; INTERPERSONAL relations; SOCIAL skills; SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC factors; FAMILY relations; ADOLESCENCE

Texto & Contexto Enfermagem, 2022, Vol 31, p1

0104-0707

Academic Journal

10.1590/1980-265X-TCE-2022-0164en