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SMAD. Revista eletrônica saúde mental álcool e drogas

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PRIOTTO, Elis Maria Teixeira Palma  e  SILVA, Marta Angelica Iossi. Consumption of alcohol and drugs and youth violence in a tri-national region. SMAD, Rev. Eletrônica Saúde Mental Álcool Drog. (Ed. port.) [online]. 2019, vol.15, n.3, pp. 1-9. ISSN 1806-6976.  http://dx.doi.org/10.11606/issn.1806-6976.smad.2019.000403.

OBJECTIVE: to identify the association between consumption of drugs and alcohol and the violence amongst teenagers of the frontier of Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina. METHOD: cross-sectional descriptive study, with 2788 students teenagers, with random sampling. RESULTS: The heightened consumption of tobacco and alcohol in the three mentioned cities/countries. Girls consume more alcohol. Argentinian teenagers consume more drugs. Paraguayans as victims have increased chances of consumption of alcohol and drugs, and, brazilians as victims and victims/aggressors by consumption of alcohol. CONCLUSION: that the exposition of violence between teenagers is high, and is associated with the use of alcohol. Interventions such as prevention and health education in schools of a tri-national frontier region are needed.

Palavras-chave : Violence; Teenager; Border Areas; Alcohol Drinking; Street Drugs.

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