Silva Ilane Magalhães, Catrib Ana Maria Fontenelle, de Matos Vânia Cordeiro, Gondim Ana Paula Soares
Universidade de Fortaleza, Fortaleza, CE 60811-341.
Cien Saude Colet. 2011;16 Suppl 1:1651-60. doi: 10.1590/s1413-81232011000700101.
The study aims to examine the knowledge of students of public and private schools in the city of Fortaleza, Ceará State, Brazil on the use of medicine and their health implications. It is a descriptive study of 722 adolescents enrolled in ten schools in the city of Fortaleza. He got up aspects of consumption, indication and guidance medicine and influence of the media using a questionnaire. Seventy two percent of the participants reported use of medicine the last 60 days, and painkillers were the most cited (65.4%). The indications were responsible for the family (51.2%) and physicians (33.1%), and the self-medication by 20.8% of the students. Regarding the use of medicine 70.9% of the students were not instructed on the proper use of the medicine. Of the total, 34.1% had already been influenced by media in the purchase of medicine. It's possible to conclude that teenagers' knowledge about medicine and its implications on health is very weak and devoid of any basic notion of the rational use of medicine. In addition, public school students are more oriented on the proper use of medicines by professionals in the public health system, which demonstrates the efficiency of the promoter of health of the population enrolled in public schools in Fortaleza.
该研究旨在调查巴西塞阿拉州福塔莱萨市公立和私立学校学生关于药物使用及其对健康影响的知识。这是一项针对福塔莱萨市十所学校722名青少年的描述性研究。通过问卷调查了解了药物消费、适应症、指导以及媒体影响等方面的情况。72%的参与者报告在过去60天内使用过药物，其中止痛药被提及最多（65.4%）。用药适应症由家人决定的占51.2%，由医生决定的占33.1%，20.8%的学生自行用药。在药物使用方面，70.9%的学生未得到关于正确用药的指导。在所有学生中，34.1%在购买药物时受到过媒体影响。可以得出结论，青少年对药物及其对健康影响的知识非常薄弱，缺乏合理用药的基本概念。此外，公立学校的学生更倾向于由公共卫生系统的专业人员指导正确用药，这表明福塔莱萨市公立学校的人群健康促进工作是有效的。
