Publications by authors named "Fernanda Goncalves Moreira"

Objective: to study the effectiveness of a psychosocial care program in school continuity of adolescents in social vulnerability.

Methods: this was a retrospective cohort study involving 200 adolescents assisted in a multidisciplinary intervention program with harm reduction approach, from 2007 to 2012; the intervention effect was assessed using Poisson regression models.

Results: 200 adolescents were included in the program; 116 of them continued and 84 dropped it; 74.

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Objective: To analyze the association between drug (DAD) and alcohol (AAD) abuse and dependency and criminal and clinical background by gender of prisoners in São Paulo, Brazil.

Method: Cross-sectional study, random sample stratified by administrative district, from which prisons and prisoners were selected via random, multistage sampling. Psychiatric diagnoses were made with the CIDI 2.

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Objective: To investigate the connection between knowledge about and the attitudes towards drug abuse by students displayed by public school educators in Brazil.

Method: Cross-sectional study, with probabilistic sampling encompassing 20% of the municipal elementary schools located in the city of São Paulo from which educators were enrolled to answer three questionnaires: 1) professional and personal data; 2) assessment of their attitudes in drug abuse situations; 3) assessment of their knowledge on drug abuse.

Results: Considering possible values between -17 and +21, professionals scored 11.

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Objective: To explore situations, attitudes and behavior of public elementary school education supervisors concerning psychoactive substance misuse.

Methods: The study was carried out in the city of São Paulo, Southeastern Brazil, in 2002. Data were collected using a semi-structured questionnaire applied to eight key informants in the administrative area experienced in education supervision.

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