![]() 3,4 This downward trend is also found in the ESPAD, The European School Survey Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs, study. The evolution of smoking in the 1997–2006 period shows that the prevalence of 15-year-old daily smokers has decreased from 10% to 8% in girls and from 13% to 5% in boys. 3 Although the prevalence of regular smokers in Portuguese school-aged youngsters is one of the lowest in Europe, 3 it is nevertheless worrying to learn that approximately one in each ten 15-year-old students is a regular smoker. 2 In spite of the seriousness of this behavior for human's health, the results of the Health Behavior in School-aged Children (HBSC) revealed that in Portugal, in 2006, 9% of the 15-year-old boys and 12% of the 15-year-old girls were regular smokers (smoke at least one cigarette a week). However, the greater risk of starting to smoke is the dependence and the later associated pathologies. Smoking has short-term negative consequences on young people's health. ConclusãoĪ prevalência do consumo de tabaco em adolescentes escolarizados portugueses varia de acordo com a região do país e de forma similar ao que acontece na população adulta portuguesa. Relativamente à prevalência por região, a mais elevada prevalência de consumo regular de tabaco regista-se no Alentejo (14,7%), seguindo-se os Açores (11,8%), e a mais baixa regista-se no Algarve (4,1%). O consumo aumenta com a idade, sendo que, aos 15 anos, 12,3% dos rapazes e 8,6% das raparigas consomem tabaco regularmente e 6,1% dos rapazes e 4,0% das raparigas consomem tabaco ocasionalmente. Na amostra total, 10,2% dos rapazes e 9,1% das raparigas são consumidores regulares de tabaco. ![]() Os dados foram recolhidos no ano letivo de 2008/2009 através de um questionário de auto-relato. Material e métodosĪ amostra é constituída por 8764 alunos, 4060 do sexo masculino e 4704 do sexo feminino, e é representativa dos alunos do ensino regular público português. ![]() Objetivoĭeterminar a prevalência do consumo de tabaco em adolescentes escolarizados portugueses, por regiões. The prevalence of smokers among Portuguese school-aged adolescents varies within the several regions of the country, similar to what happens in the adult Portuguese population.ĭe acordo com a abordagem MPOWER, adotada em 2008 pela OMS, a monitorização da epidemia tabágica é necessária como forma de avaliar a eficácia das medidas preventivas desenvolvidas no controlo do consumo de tabaco em adolescentes e adultos. Looking at prevalence by region, the highest prevalence of regular smoking is found in Alentejo (14.7%), followed by Azores (11.8%) and the lowest is found in Algarve (4.1%). At 15 years old 12.3% of the boys and 8.6% of the girls are regular smokers and 6.1% of the boys and 4.0% of the girls are occasional smokers. In the total sample, 10.2% of boys and 9.1% of girls are regular smokers. The data was collected in the 2008/2009 academic year, through a quantitative self-report questionnaire. ![]() The sample is made up of 8764 students, 4060 boys and 4704 girls, and is representative of the Portuguese students in regular public education. To determine the prevalence of smoking in Portuguese school-aged adolescents by region. According to the MPOWER approach adopted in 2008 by the WHO, monitoring smoking epidemics is necessary in order to assess the effectiveness of the preventive measures used in smoking control in adolescents and adults.
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