Objective: Identify the main factors that lead adolescents to use drugs, analyzing the frequency of use.Methodology: descriptive and cross-sectional study, with a sample of 124 adolescents and youngpeople between 13 and 21 years of age, from a public secondary school in the province of Corrientes-Argentina. Results: The most frequent consumption experience was with alcohol (87.90%), thentobacco (28.22%) and marijuana (12.09%). As for the dimension “Social Permission” and “Accessibilityto Psychoactive Substances”, 62.10% He surrounds himself with friends who think that it is not wrongto get drunk, while 33.06% feel the need to consume alcohol or drugs when they are in a bar, clubor other place, considering drug consumption as normal in 57.26%. Regarding the “Preconceptions”dimension, only 33.87% considered that it was difficult for young people like them to obtain drugs.Conclu...

Objective: To compare the levels of depression, stress and anxiety according to Adventist affiliation during the pandemic in residents of the commune of Maipú, 2022. Methods: Quantitative, analytical, correlational and cross-sectional study, applied to a sample of 176 inhabitants of the commune of Maipú, in the Metropolitan Region of Chile, using the modified Graffar scale to measure socioeconomic level and the Depression, Stress and Anxiety Scale (DASS-21) to measure levels of symptoms of depression, stress and anxiety in the population. The Mann Whitney U test was used to compare indicators of depression, anxiety and stress in both groups. The study was approved by an ethical committee. Results: The Adventist population considering the sample obtained better indicators, with lower symptomatology level scores in depression and anxiety with values (p=0.002) and (p=0.00) respectively sh...

Objective: To determine the predominant risk factors for sexually transmitted diseases in adolescents from a secondary school in Coihueco (Chile) during the second half of 2018. Materials and methods: A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted with a group of secondary school adolescents during the second half of 2018. A simple random sampling was performed. Data were processed using percentage calculation and entered into tables. Family bond, knowledge and risky behaviors were considered as sociodemographic variables in order to identify the predominant factors. Results: The sample consisted of people aged between 15 and 19 who were in the 3rd and 4th year of secondary education. The students demonstrated they were knowledgeable about sexually transmitted infections. Approximately 30 % had started sexual intercourse, thus showing risky behaviors such as early first sexual interco...