Teenagers’ knowledge about alcohol and other drugs and their opinion about educational technologies

Objective: investigating the knowledge of school teenagers about alcohol and other drugs and their opinion about educational technologies for prevention of consumption. Method: a descriptive study with qualitative approach conducted with 86 teenagers attending high school. Data were collected using...

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Autores: Chaves, Laura Cristhiane Mendonça Rezende, Frazão, Iracema da Silva, Oliveira, Letícia Menezes de, Abrantes, Gesualdo Gonçalves de, Dalcin, Camila Biazus, Vasconcelos, Selene Cordeiro
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM)
Repositorio:Revista de Enfermagem da Universidade Federal de Santa Maria
Idioma:portugués
inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/66828
Acceso en línea:http://periodicos.ufsm.br/reufsm/article/view/66828
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Tecnologia educacional
Alcoolismo
Transtornos relacionados ao uso de substâncias
Adolescente
Prevenção primária
Medicina e saúde
Educational technology
Alcoholism
Substance-related disorders
Teenager
Primary prevention
Tecnología educacional
Alcoholismo
Trastornos relacionados con sustancias
Prevención primaria
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Sumario:Objective: investigating the knowledge of school teenagers about alcohol and other drugs and their opinion about educational technologies for prevention of consumption. Method: a descriptive study with qualitative approach conducted with 86 teenagers attending high school. Data were collected using a self-administered and processed application instrument in the IRaMuTeQ 0.7 alpha 2 and SPSS version 20.0 programs. Results: a lexical analysis showed three semantic classes: consequence, representation and definition of alcohol and other drugs for teenagers. The educational technology chosen by the majority were video and the mobile application, which deal with consequences and effects associated with the use of substances and ways to avoid or even use them. Conclusion: the results showed that teenagers have little knowledge about the subject and that digital educational technologies can be effective health education strategies to prevent alcohol and other drugs consumption among them.