Prevalencia del consumo de sustancias estupefacientes en los estudiantes del bachillerato general unificado de la Unidad Educativa Guapan-Azogues 2016

Abstract

Background: The word Narcotics ago Relationship A natural or artificial substance that calms or impairs the sensitivity Creating hallucinations that can lead an uncontrollable habit.

Objective To determine the prevalence of substance use in students Unified School General Education Unit Guapán in 2016

Methodology: The research is descriptive quantitative with a sample that involved 160 students .techniques was used as interview and direct observation. a form developed and validated by the Ministry of Public Health ASSIST V3.0 ( Screening of alcohol , snuff and other drugs) , the information will be processed by means of statistical programs Excel and SPSS # 15 shall apply , results They will be presented in tables frequently and percentages , allowing us to better visualize the problems found in the study group

Using results: 50% of students Guapán Education Unit prefer to consume alcoholic beverages, consuming at least once a week. With this research identified the prevalence in adolescents of drug substances to create a baseline for raising strategies and prevalence of mental health promotion and use of leisure time of adolescents.

Conclusions: The research students of the Education Unit Guapán resulted that 26 % of students have a preference for alcoholic beverages being among this beer, wine, distilled spirits, etc., women being those most consume