Consumption of alcohol and drugs and youth violence in a tri-national region

Abstract

Objective: to identify the association between consumption of drugs and alcohol and the violence amongst teenagers of the frontier of Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina. Method: crosssectional descriptive study, with 2788 students teenagers, with random sampling. Results: the heightened consumption of tobacco and alcohol in the three mentioned cities/countries. Girls consume more alcohol. Argentinian teenagers consume more drugs. Paraguayans as victims have increased chances of consumption of alcohol and drugs, and, brazilians as victims and victims/aggressors by consumption of alcohol. Conclusion: that the exposition of violence between teenagers is high, and is associated with the use of alcohol. Interventions such as prevention and health education in schools of a tri-national frontier region are needed.