Health problems of young people in the municipality of Foca / Zdravlje i problemi mladih u opštini Foča

Authors

  • Ljubiša Kucurski Medicinski fakultet Foča, Univerzitet Istočno Sarajevo, Foča, BIH/RS
  • Natalija Hadživuković Medicinski fakultet Foča, Univerzitet Istočno Sarajevo, Foča, BIH/RS
  • Sandra Joković Medicinski fakultet Foča, Univerzitet Istočno Sarajevo, Foča, BIH/RS
  • Jelena Pavlović Medicinski fakultet Foča, Univerzitet Istočno Sarajevo, Foča, BIH/RS

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7251/SEZ0215038K

Abstract

Young people, according to UN defiiniciji, represent the future of every society and they are the most profitable long-term investmentEach year, approximately 1 million teenage girls become pregnant in the world, and every 67 seconds a baby teenager In the adolescent period a large number of young people start with alcohol, coffee, psychotropic substances and smoking. The reasons are most often the desire to prove, identification, affirmation sekusalnog identity, curiosity for the new and unknown. The aim of the study was to examine the knowledge, attitudes and knowledge of adolescents about the use of psychoactive substances, alcohol and tobacco, as well as to identify ways in which young people use their free time.
 The survey was conducted in April 2015, in primary and Secondary School in Foca. The survey included 212 respondents, of different genders and different age groups. Data were collected original survey questionnaire, anonymous character, which contains 14 questions.
Both groups of patients in a large percentage stated that they did not try psychoactive substances, as the most common reason for drug use both cited as the main reason for the influence of society. Although sexual activity is still taboo in the RS, alarming data that 19% of ninth grade students sexually active, and to limit entry into sexual relations increasingly lowered.
Young in primary and secondary school state that they are sufficiently informed of psychoactive substances, as the most frequent source of information for high school state TV and the Internet, and ninth grade students report that they are parents. In this time of adventure and immature display of defiance social and social norms, young people are very vulnerable group subject to acceptance of various forms of risk behavior.

Published

2015-10-21