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[Perception of risk of school adolescents in relation to alcohol consumption and sexual behavior].

2010; UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO RIO GRANDE DO SUL; Volume: 31; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1590/s1983-14472010000300014

ISSN

1983-1447

Autores

Francisco Jucier Luz Sampaio Filho, Pedro Ricardo Mesquita de Sousa, Neiva Francenely Cunha Vieira, Maria de Fátima Bastos Nóbrega, Fabiane do Amaral Gubert, Patrícia Neyva da Costa Pinheiro,

Tópico(s)

Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health

Resumo

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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