[Perceptions of adolescents Jalisco campaign on breast cancer].

Background: Breast cancer campaigns and awareness strategies with limited evidence of their effectiveness in youth. Behavioral model of perception that shows how individuals choose, organize and interpret information. This study shows the perceptions of youth from Jalisco regarding breast cancer campaigns.

[The social representation that adolescents from Jalisco, Mexico have of early detection of breast cancer].

Purpose: To describe the social representation that adolescents from Jalisco, Mexico, have of early detection of breast cancer.

Design: Qualitative cross, analytical interpretative and based on the theory of social representations. Non-probability sampling.

[Knowledge and attitudes about using emergency contraceptives among young college students].

Objective: to identify the knowledge and attitudes regarding the use of emergency contraceptives (the day-after pill) with a gender viewpoint, among young college students affiliated to Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social.

Method: a cross-sectional survey was applied to 583 freshmen college students at the Health Sciences University Center of the University of Guadalajara. The quantitative probe included: knowledge about emergency contraceptives (EC) and attitudes concerning the use of EC.

[Factors associated to tobacco-smoking pattern in school teenagers].

Objective: to evaluate the association between tobacco-smoking patterns and family and school variables in school teenagers from Guadalajara, Mexico.

Methods: 556 high school students at the Universidad de Guadalajara participated in the study. The analysis included the following risk factors: parental, siblings and friends smoking habits, being employed while studying, being an irregular student, school shift (morning/evening), and history of rejection in their first application to enter high-school.