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Preocupações dos adolescentes e algumas práticas dos seus estilos de vida
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RESUMO - Só há relativamente pouco tempo nas sociedades industrializadas
os adultos começaram a ter em conta as necessidades
e capacidades fisiológicas e psicológicas características
dos adolescentes. Assim, nas últimas décadas deste século
assiste-se a uma nova forma de lidar com o adolescente por
parte da sociedade adulta.
Neste âmbito realizámos um estudo descritivo, analítico e
transversal cujo objectivo foi identificar os principais problemas
nos estilos de vida dos jovens da área do Centro de
Saúde de Carnaxide e cuja finalidade é a elaboração de
uma proposta de programa que promova competências de
autonomia, responsabilidade e sentido crítico junto do
jovem.
A população em estudo era constituída pelos adolescentes
de ambos os sexos da Escola Vieira da Silva, em Carnaxide,
com idades compreendidas entre os 12 e os 15 anos.
A amostra baseou-se no processo de amostragem probabilística,
constituída por 81 adolescentes pertencentes ao 7.o,
8.o e 9.o anos de escolaridade.
Obtiveram-se os dados através do questionário e os resultados
foram objecto de tratamento estatístico manual e
informático.
As principais conclusões foram:
• Os adolescentes em estudo são maioritariamente femininos
(58%);
• Vêem na família o elemento para a partilha das suas
preocupações sobre a saúde;
• Vêem como principais preocupações no âmbito da
saúde a SIDA, a droga, as relações com os pais e o
insucesso escolar;
• Vêem como problemas que mais os preocupam os que
estão ligados à escola e à família;
• Não têm por hábito os métodos contraceptivos na sua
actividade sexual;
• O padrão alimentar é constituído essencialmente por
fornecedores de hidratos de carbono simples, por
excesso de gorduras, sendo que 6,2% não fazem a primeira
refeição do dia, e acompanhado de poucos hábitos
de exercício físico;
• Os refrigerantes são tomados por 85,2% dos jovens;
• Têm como expectativas alguns valores universais (paz,
amizade, fome...), o constituir família, o ter emprego, o
entrar na faculdade e não ter doenças graves (cancro,
SIDA).
ABSTRACT - Only recently have industrialized societies begun to take into consideration the specific physiological and psychological needs and capacities of adolescents. Through such studies adult society has, in recent decades, developed new ways in which to deal with the adolescent. In this light, a study of a descriptive, analytical and transveral nature was carried out with the objective of identifying the principal problem associated with adolescent lifestyles in the area of the Carnaxide Health Centre, and to propose a program which would promote independence, responsability and critical thinking in the adolescent. The population under study was made up of both male and female adolescents between the ages of 12 and 15 attending the Vieira da Silva School, in Carnaxide. The selected cluster sample was made up of 81 adolescents belonging to grades 7, 8, and 9. Our data was obtained through a questionnaire, and the results were subject to both manual and computer-based statistical analysis. The principal conclusions of this study include: • The majority of adolescents under study are female (58%); • These individuals consider the family as a group with whom they can share their health care concerns; • Their principal health concerns include AIDS, drugs, parental relations and academic failure; • Their most pressing concerns are tied to scholastics and the family; • Generally speaking, they do not practice contraceptive methods in their sex lives; • Their diet is essentially made up of foods rich in simple carbohydrates and fats and 6.2% skip breakfast. These dietary habits are accompanied by limited physical activity; • Softdrinks are consumed by 85.2% of these youths; • Their goals/expectations include some universal values (e. g., peace, friendship, famine), building a family, holding a job, going to university and avoiding serious disease (cancer, AIDS).
ABSTRACT - Only recently have industrialized societies begun to take into consideration the specific physiological and psychological needs and capacities of adolescents. Through such studies adult society has, in recent decades, developed new ways in which to deal with the adolescent. In this light, a study of a descriptive, analytical and transveral nature was carried out with the objective of identifying the principal problem associated with adolescent lifestyles in the area of the Carnaxide Health Centre, and to propose a program which would promote independence, responsability and critical thinking in the adolescent. The population under study was made up of both male and female adolescents between the ages of 12 and 15 attending the Vieira da Silva School, in Carnaxide. The selected cluster sample was made up of 81 adolescents belonging to grades 7, 8, and 9. Our data was obtained through a questionnaire, and the results were subject to both manual and computer-based statistical analysis. The principal conclusions of this study include: • The majority of adolescents under study are female (58%); • These individuals consider the family as a group with whom they can share their health care concerns; • Their principal health concerns include AIDS, drugs, parental relations and academic failure; • Their most pressing concerns are tied to scholastics and the family; • Generally speaking, they do not practice contraceptive methods in their sex lives; • Their diet is essentially made up of foods rich in simple carbohydrates and fats and 6.2% skip breakfast. These dietary habits are accompanied by limited physical activity; • Softdrinks are consumed by 85.2% of these youths; • Their goals/expectations include some universal values (e. g., peace, friendship, famine), building a family, holding a job, going to university and avoiding serious disease (cancer, AIDS).
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Santos, José Oliveira - Preocupações dos adolescentes e algumas práticas dos seus estilos de vida = Concerns and lifestyle practices of adolescents. Revista Portuguesa de Saúde Pública. ISSN 0870-9025. Vol. 17, Nº 2 (Julho/Dezembro 1999), p. 27-42
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Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública