title: School as a "protective factor" against drugs: perceptions of adolescents and teachers.
abstract: This study aims to discover and describe protective factors regarding the use of drugs, according to teachers and students, aged 14 to 15 years, from a Public Secondary School in Santiago de Querétaro, Mexico. This is a descriptive and exploratory study. Data collection was carried out through semi-structure interview and non-participative observation with ten students and five teachers. Three themes resulted from data analysis: school and school's environment: the school does not provide a healthy environment; use of drugs: perceived by both the students and teachers in the institution itself; prevention programs: there are health promotion and prevention programs available at the school. According to the students' and teachers' perceptions, the school represents a risk factor.
authors: College of Nursing, Autonomous University of Querétaro, Mexico. nemac@uaq.mx
authors: María Del Carmen
authors: Mdel C
authors: García de Jesús
authors: Maria das Graças Carvalho
authors: Md
authors: Ferriani
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005178:Faculty; D005260:Female; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico; D013334:Students; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control*