title: [Protection factors against alcohol consumption as perceived by basic education teachers].
abstract: This research aims to understand how basic education teachers perceive factors that protect against alcohol consumption. An exploratory qualitative methodological approach is adopted. Semi-structured interviews and non-structured observation techniques are applied to a sample of 25 teachers. Content analysis of data gave rise to three thematic categories: the Meaning of Alcohol/Alcoholism; The School as an Area of Protection against Alcohol Consumption; the Teacher as a Protective Agent. The first one is interpreted as a harmful substance and a sociocultural problem situation. Protection is linked up with informing, communicating, educating or caring. Thus, the way teachers see their function ranges from guide to adviser or protector. Most teachers do not feel prepared for it, on the basis of psychopedagogical deficits, integral health knowledge, the legal framework and, mainly, their own prejudices on alcoholism.
authors.affiliation: Escuela de Enfermería, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. jbsigampa@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Juana Beatriz
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Sigampa
authors.forename: Maria das Graças Carvalho
authors.initials: Md
authors.lastname: Ferriani
authors.forename: Ana Márcia Spanó
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Nakano
mesh_terms: D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000517:prevention & control*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D012574:Schools; D013663:Teaching