Parental Monitoring of Computer Use and its Association with Drug Use among Students in Southern Brazil.

Background: Parental control is considered important in preventing drug use among adolescents.

Objective: This study aimed to explore the association between the perception of parental monitoring of computer use and drug use among adolescent students.

Methods: A cross-sectional school-based study was conducted in 2012 among 2,980 students aged 12-17 years from Southern Brazil.

School health promotion and use of drugs among students in Southern Brazil.

Objective: To analyze the relationship between the health promotion conditions in schools and the consumption of alcohol and other drugs by students.

Methods: This is a cross-sectional study with a probabilistic sample of 3,464 students aged 12 to 17 from all schools of the cities of Lajeado and Sapiranga, state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, and 53 managers from the same schools; the data was collected in 2012. Reports of the use of tobacco, alcohol, and illicit drugs in 2012 were used as outcomes, and the health promotion score in the school environment was used as the exposure of interest.