Prevalencia y factores que influyen en el consumo de alcohol en los adolescentes del Colegio Nacional Cesar Dávila, Cuenca 2010-2011

Abstract

Understand factors that influence alcohol consumption causes all those individual, family and social routed in some way the teen into the habit of drinking alcohol, since adolescence is a vulnerable stage of life. The research was carried out without going against the rights of students making a prior informed consent and assent to the collection of data. To carry out this research used a descriptive observational study, in order to determine the age of onset of alcohol use in adolescents, sex with a greater tendency to consumption, risk factors for the onset of alcohol and the prevalence of smoking among adolescents. The universe and sample consisted of 350 students of the National College César Dávila, enrolled in school program, 270 men and 80 women who met the inclusion criteria required for the study. Through collect the necessary data form, which subsequently were subjected to analysis and discussion. The information obtained was handled in an ethical manner without going against the integrity of students