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Conocimiento sobre el fenómeno de las drogas en entre estudiantes y docentes de la Facultad de Medicina Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, La Paz, Bolivia

2011; UNIVERSIDADE DE SÃO PAULO; Volume: 19; Issue: spe Linguagem: Inglês

10.1590/s0104-11692011000700009

ISSN

1518-8345

Autores

María del Pilar Navía-Bueno, Jacqueline Farah-Bravo, Nina Yaksic-Feraudy, Patricia Philco Lima, Ângela Maria Magosso Takayanagui,

Tópico(s)

Social Issues and Policies in Latin America

Resumo

The goal of this study was to identify the degree of knowledge of students and health educators on licit and illicit drugs, related to the type, classification, action, mechanisms damages, consequences and adverse effects, besides use and consumption. A cross-sectional methodological design was used, with a sample of 172 students, professors and residents in medicine and nursing at Universidad Mayor de San Andrés (UMSA), Bolivia. The results reveal weak knowledge on the classification of psychotropic substances according to structure, chemical property and effects for health, highlighting significant difference with knowledge on licit and illicit drugs use, with high percentages. In conclusion, there is lack of knowledge in all groups studied on licit and illicit drugs regarding the consequences and adverse effects. This confirms the need to improve teaching on this content in health schools.

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