Investigar o consumo de substância psicoativas entre universitários ingressantes de uma instituição pública

Abstract

The consumption of psychoactive substance (SPA) has become a major concern worldwide and is considered a serious public health problem. Today in the Brazilian scenario the expansion of the Universities to the interior, many young people leave their houses in search of the dream of the superior course. In this context, it is faced with situations such as, it is far from the supervision of the parents, many conflicts of relationships, be those of dwelling, affective and even cognitive, provided to these young people the contact with drugs. The objective of this study was to verify the consumption of alcohol and other drugs among university students in the 1st semester of a course in Agrarian Sciences. Cross-sectional analytical method and quantitative approach, carried out in 2017, in the municipality of Sinop-MT, the sample was composed by (43) UFMT scholars - Campus of Sinop that attend the first semesters of a Course of Agrarias, that accepted to participate of the study signing the Term of Free and Informed Consent (TCLE). Data collection was performed through a semi-structured questionnaire with 19 questions and the test to identify problems related to alcohol use (AUDIT). The results showed that 35 academics use alcohol and 5.7% (2) corresponds to the use of harmful use and 2.9% (1) corresponds to the consumption of probable dependence. It can be concluded with the present study that the university students investigated present a risk behavior to the use of alcohol and other drugs, as well as I acquired IST, due to the negligence of condom use on SPA effect, also to involvement in traffic accidents and the drop in student income. With this, we noticed the lack of preparation and the institutions in the approach of these young students in the university life against the consumption of SPA.