[Medico-social problems of young adolescents in Guediawaye (suburban area of Dakar-Senegal)].
A survey in the district of Guediawaye, towards teenagers from 12 to 16 years old, recruited according to a stratified risky method of sampling in 4 different areas has been carried out in order to evaluate their main medico-social problems. It ended up to the following findings: the majority live in hard socio-economic conditions stamping by promiscuity, a weak family income and a low level of education of the parents. 39.2% have been placed under the guardianship of a relative other than the parents. 98.8% do not find spare time structures in their environment. The usage of tobacco and drug is respectively 14% and 1%; 79.4% of students have hardly access to the school stationery, while the teenagers in job apprenticeship have constraints linked to long hours of work (95%). The morbid affections are too varied, dominated by stomach aches (37.8%) far before traumatics (6%); the most frequent therapeutic is resort traditional or empiric treatment. The authors advocate the setting up of a medico-social center making interfere all persons, implied resources in the undertake of the teenagers.
Camara
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B
l'Institut de Pédiatrie Sociale-Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar Sénégal.
Wade
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S
Hanne
K
K
Sow
D
D
Diouf
S
S
Sall
G
G
Ba
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M
Sarr
M
M
Fall
M
M
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D004522:Educational Status; D005190:Family; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D012675:Senegal; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors
Contribution à l'étude des problèmes médico-sociaux des jeunes adolescentes à Guédiawaye (Zone suburbaine de Dakar-Sénégal).