Concepções sobre bebidas alcoólicas de escolares do ensino médio

Abstract

Alcohol is a psychoactive drug, licit, accept , and no stigmatized by society, consumed by 80% of the population. Being responsible for death of 3.2% of world population. Particularly during childhood and adolescence alcohol use is associated with increased susceptibility to physical illness, mental, social, legal and the increasing abuse and dependence during the adulthood . Since that the World Health Organization points to alcohol as the drug of choice among children and adolescents is necessary for the prevention of alcohol use should be considered in school. Aiming at assessing the conceptions of adolescents about alcohol use and compare them with the scientific information coming from a literature review to provide information to educators that the issue be discussed in the classroom, a study was conducted in two high schools in Santa Mariano Rio Grande do Sul Pupils of the first, second, third, middle schools, 15 to 18 years old. The research approach is qualitative and quantitative. There were three questions: 1 - Write down what comes to mind when thinking about alcohol. 2 - What are the harm of alcohol you know? 3-What are the benefits of alcohol you know? The data was then a content analysis. Recording units were deployed (meaningful units) which were grouped by affinity (emerging category). There was great acceptance in the use of alcohol for the pursuit of pleasure, euphoria, relaxation, joy and celebration and little knowledge of the risks to the user's health, family relations, the community and legal problems. These data show that students' conceptions are far from scientific concepts, reinforcing the importance of prior assessment of them. With regard to Education for Health, this study considers that the use of alcoholic beverages is a very important theme that should be part of cross-cutting themes in schools, entered the National Curricular Parameters (PCN). This knowledge about the effects of alcohol should be discussed in school with students and educators in order to change previous conceptions, building new knowledge and modifying behavior.