[Heavy alcohol use among elementary and high-school students in downtown and outskirts of Campinas City-São Paulo: prevalence and related factors].

Unlabelled: It is important to identify factors related to heavy alcohol use among adolescents, as this allows interventions aimed at reducing risk behavior and possible increasing harmful use of alcohol.

Objectives: To determine the prevalence of heavy alcohol use and investigate the influence of sociodemographic, cultural and psychopathological variables on alcohol use among elementary and high-school students of public and private schools in Campinas, Brazil.

Methods: This is a cross-sectional study using an intentional sampling technique.

[Religion and drug use by adolescents].

Introduction: Many international studies show that religion is an important dimension modulating the use of alcohol and drugs by adolescents.

Objectives: to determine which religious variables are associated to frequent or heavy use of alcohol, tobacco and drugs among adolescents in intermediate and high schools in Campinas, Brazil.

Methods: A cross-sectional study using a self-report anonymous questionnaire was administered to 2,287 students from a convenience sample of seven schools: five from central areas (two public and three private schools) and two public schools from the outskirts of the city, in 1998.

[Use of psychotropics drugs among students: prevalence and associated social factors].

Objective: To determine the prevalence of the heavy use of drugs among elementary and high school students in a sample of public and private schools, and to identify associated demographic, psychological, cultural and social factors.

Methods: This report describes a cross-sectional study using an intention-type sampling technique that compared public schools in central and peripheral areas and private schools. An anonymous self-administered questionnaire was applied.