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MEDISAN

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Abstract

VAZQUEZ ROJAS, Idanis et al. Alcoholic drinks consumption in adolescents from America I health area in Contramaestre municipality. MEDISAN [online]. 2019, vol.23, n.3, pp.447-459.  Epub June 28, 2019. ISSN 1029-3019.

A descriptive and cross-sectional study of 200 adolescents with 10-19 years belonging to America I health area in Contramaestre municipality, Santiago de Cuba province was carried out from January to December, 2016, in order to characterize those who consumed alcoholic drinks. There were 177 drinkers and the beginning of consumption was more frequent between 10-16 years. A risk of pathological consumption was evidenced in the male sex. The harmful and alcoholic risk consumers, manifested the necessity to drink alcohol in the activities, since it produced them favorable effects; therefore, it was proposed to foment the antialcoholic education among the members of this populational group.

Keywords : alcoholism; adolescence; abstinence; social consumer; harmful risk; alcoholic dependence.

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