O uso de substâncias psicoativas entre estudantes de pedagogia da Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo

Abstract

The use of psychoactive substances reaches intense proportions, especially among college students, becoming a major focus of research in Brazil. It is believed that these students after they leave high school, they have positive feelings because of the step achieved - the University, however this new stage is a critical period, resulting in vulnerability to the consumption of psychoactive substances. This is worrying, especially in pedagogy students, since these in their professional life will deal constantly with that issue, and will be models for their students. This study aims to establish the consumption pattern of psychoactive substances by students of Pedagogy of the Federal University of Espirito Santo (UFES). It was conducted a descriptive, transversal and quantitative study. The sample consisted of 215 students of Pedagogy UFES, registered in the period 2010/2. A closed and anonymous questionnaire proposed by the National Drug Policy (SENAD) was used. Statistical analysis was performed using the Statistical Package for the Social Science - SPSS 17, using the univariate analysis, bivariate through the x ² test and multivariate analysis by logistic regression. It was found that alcohol and tobacco were the largest spas with lifetime use, 62.9% and 23.8% respectively. In addition, lifetime use of PAS was associated with licit religion, while the illicit sex, and socioeconomic status. Students who reported missing classes to sleep / rest had higher use of legal and illegal substance, while those who were absent only when they were sick, used less. And the students who attend "other places" and "parks, squares and green areas" were more likely to use of substance. Finally, it is expected that the results obtained allow establishing prevention strategies for college students, and can support changes in curriculum, to include the theme and thus contribute to the improvement the life of this population.