Religiosity is Associated with Motivation to Start and Stop Smoking Among Adolescent Students in Brazil.

This study aimed to estimate associations between adolescents' religiosity and their motivation to start and stop smoking. A school survey was carried out in Midwestern Brazil. Participants were never-smokers (n = 2073) and smokers (n = 116) aged 13-19 who answered a questionnaire. Religiosity was measured with the Duke Religion Index, and motivation with questions based on the Prime Theory of Motivation. Organizational, non-organizational, and intrinsic religiosity were associated with motivation to start smoking among never-smokers. Intrinsic religiosity was associated with smokers' motivation to quit. Findings indicate the protective role of religiosity in the motivational system that prompts smoking initiation and cessation during adolescence.

Conductas de riesgo para la salud en adolescentes escolarizados del municipio de Tabio, Colombia / Health-risk behaviors in school-based adolescents in Tabio, Colombia

RESUMEN Objetivos Identificar los comportamientos de riesgo para la salud y describir su relación con las características sociodemográficas en los adolescentes de un colegio del municipio de Tabio, provincia de Sabana Centro, Cundinamarca, Colombia. Metodología Estudio descriptivo y de corte transversal en población adolescente escolar de 14 a 19 años, durante el año 2018, elegidos por medio de muestreo por conveniencia. Se obtuvo información mediante el cuestionario en español de la herramienta RAAPS (Rapid Assessment for Adolescent Preventive Services), que evaluó los comportamientos de riesgo, previa firma de consentimiento y asentimiento informado. Se realizó análisis estadístico en el programa STATA versión 14.0. Resultados Se incluyó una muestra de 217 estudiantes, con edad promedio de 15,8 años (53% mujeres y 47% hombres). La mayoría de zona rural y estrato 2. Dentro de los comportamientos de riesgo detectados se destacan la falta de uso de cinturón de seguridad y casco en casi la mitad de los participantes, síntomas de tristeza en 37,3% (que afecta más a las mujeres), consumo de alcohol en el 45,2% y actividad sexual en el 30,9% (son más frecuentes en el grupo de 17 a 19 años y en el sexo masculino). Conclusión Los hallazgos confirman la presencia de comportamientos de riesgo para la salud en los adolescentes de la población estudiada, que deben ser intervenidos a través de estrategias preventivas efectivas y que alertan sobre la necesidad de implementar un sistema periódico de vigilancia.

ABSTRACT Objective to identify health-risk behavior and describe their correlation with sociodemo-graphic characteristics in a group of adolescents from a school located in Tabio, Sabana Centro, Cundinamarca. Methodology A descriptive and cross-sectional study was carried out in school adoles-cents from 14 to 19 years of age during 2018; chosen by convenience sampling. The information was collected using the Spanish version of the RAAPS questionnaire (Rapid assessment for preventive services for adolescents) that assesses risk behaviors, signing of informed consent and assent prior. The statistical analysis was performed in the STATA program, version 14.0. Results A sample of 217 students was included, the average age was 15.8 years, 53% were women and 47% were men, most of them from the rural area and socioeconomic status 2. Among the main risk behaviors were never wearing a belt of safety or helmet in almost half of the adolescents, symptoms of sadness in 37.3% with higher prevalence in women, alcohol consumption in 45.2% and sexual activity in 30.9%, both being more fre-quent in the group of 17 to 19 years old and male. Conclusion The results confirmed the presence of health risk behaviors in the adolescents of studied population, who must be intervened through effective preventive strategies and warn about the need to implement a periodic surveillance system.