title: [Factors associated with the demand for health services by Brazilian adolescents: the National School Health Survey (PeNSE), 2012].
abstract: The objectives of this study were to describe the demand for health services by adolescents and to identify associated factors. The study analyzed data from the National School Health Survey 2012 and calculated prevalence rates and 95% confidence intervals (95%CI). Data analysis used age-adjusted logistic regression. Half of all students required health services and the proportion was higher in girls. Factors associated with demand for health services were white skin color, enrollment in private school, maternal schooling ≥ 12 years, sexual activity, injuries, toothache, attempts to maintain, lose, or gain weight, wheezing, appropriate hygiene, and parents knowing what their children did in their free time. The highest demand for health services was mainly by girls, and demand was associated with socio-demographic characteristics, symptoms, and health risk/protective behaviors.
authors.affiliation: Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde, Ministério da Saúde, Brasília, DF, BR.
authors.forename: Max Moura de
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Oliveira
authors.affiliation: Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde, Ministério da Saúde, Brasília, DF, BR.
authors.forename: Silvânia Suely Caribé de Araújo
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Andrade
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri, Diamantina, MG, BR.
authors.forename: Maryane Oliveira
authors.initials: MO
authors.lastname: Campos
authors.affiliation: Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde, Ministério da Saúde, Brasília, DF, BR.
authors.forename: Deborah Carvalho
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Malta
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D016497:Adolescent Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D001938:Brazil; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006306:Health Surveys / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012307:Risk Factors; D012574:Schools; D012737:Sex Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013334:Students