Mesmo proibido, é possível driblar as leis e promover o uso de dispositivos eletrônicos para fumar (DEF) no Instagram, uma rede social com alto grau de engajamento de jovens

Sofisticadas estratégias de marketing têm sido utilizadas para atrair o público jovem para o consumo de produtos fumígenos e promover a aceitação social do tabagismo. No Brasil, a venda e publicidade de dispositivos eletrônicos para fumar (DEF) é proibida desde 2009, mas foram detectadas iniciativas para promover esses produtos nas redes sociais.

Por meio de uma abordagem qualitativa, um estudo realizado por...

Rethink your alcohol consumption to decrease your risk of cancer.

Most of us are familiar with the link between some lifestyle behaviors and cancer - such as smoking or sedentary lifestyle.

But some people may be surprised by the fact that alcohol consumption is also a risk factor for cancer and that these combined lifestyle factors contribute to up to 40% of cancers.

Given that 26.4% of the total Brazilian population consumes alcohol, it is important to understand how alcohol use increases the risk of cancer.

Here are five things you need to know about alcohol.

1 - Alcohol can affect...

An E-book to support people to keep children and adolescents safe and free from problems related to the use of alcohol and other drugs.

In an increasingly fast-paced and dynamic world, more and more people suffer pressures, stress and influence from the environment in which they live, many of these influences are real threats to people's well-being. Therefore, we see children and adolescents increasingly vulnerable and susceptible to adopting risky behaviors, including the use of alcohol and other drugs.

To support parents, mothers, guardians and professionals dealing with children and...

Alcoholics Anonymous: distance meetings attract hundreds of people

Even with the restrictions caused by the pandemic, Alcoholics Anonymous were able to adapt to the circumstances and did not interrupt their basic service: helping alcoholics who wish to stop drinking.

Since March 23, 2020, the Alcoholics Anonymous website – AA – offers daily virtual meetings, which have so far had more than 21,000 individual participations. During this period, just over 500 people with problems in their way of drinking joined the brotherhood. About 40% of these tickets are from women, and most are from young...

“Hoje em dia, dar aulas para adolescentes e jovens é praticamente um ato de heroísmo. Quando eles não estão nos desafiando, estão dormindo na sala. Parece que fazem questão de se exibir ainda mais, quando chegam alterados pelo consumo de droga ou álcool. Tanto faz se fazem parte da camada menos ou mais favorecida da população, ou se estudam na rede particular ou pública, ou ainda, se estão no Ensino Regular ou na EJA. A grande maioria não sabe o que está fazendo na escola”.

Esse depoimento, dado por um professor veterano de Ensino Médio e Educação de Jovens e Adultos (EJA), não esconde sua...

O álcool é ao mesmo tempo: um imunodepressor e um desinfetante poderoso, quando aplicado em superfícies.

Como o coronavírus atingiu níveis de pandemia e desinformação e mitos sobre "remédios preventivos" estão se espalhando nas redes sociais, é absolutamente crucial para as pessoas e a saúde pública que os mitos sejam desmascarados e os fatos promovidos - para que as pessoas tenham acesso a informações precisas.

Nesta postagem oportuna do blog da Movendi International, Maik investiga os mitos e verdades do álcool relacionados à pandemia do coronavírus para compartilhar evidências científicas...

Don't let alcohol kill your enjoyment of life

February 18 – National Day to Combat Alcoholism

Data from the latest National Survey on Alcohol and Other Drugs (II Lenad), carried out by UNIFESP, in São Paulo, reveal the worrying dimension of the problem in the Brazilian population: about 12 million adults said they consume alcoholic beverages once a week or more. The 2013 study also showed that 8% of people admitted that alcohol use had a detrimental effect on their work, while 4.9% reported having already lost their job due to alcohol consumption.

February 18 – National Day to Combat...

Intimate partner violence (IPV) is an important public health problem. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the overall lifetime prevalence of IPV among women who have already had a partner is about 30%, ranging from 20 to 40% for different regions of the world. Compared to men victimized by IPV, women are more likely to have serious injuries. Important: more than 1 in 10 homicides are perpetrated by an intimate partner, and more than a third of female homicides are committed by partners.

Even though several studies have shown higher prevalence rates of domestic violence among...

A study by Unifesp identified that the Ministry of Health's school prevention program reduces the initiation of alcohol use by adolescents.

Adolescents who participated in the program's classes were 22% less likely to initiate alcohol use than students in the group who did not receive the program

A study on the effectiveness of the Ministry of Health's #Tamojunto 2.0 program in preventing drug use in a sample of 5,208 Brazilian students was published in the prestigious scientific journal Addiction .

The evaluative study of the program was coordinated by the team of Professor Zila Sanchez...

Consumo de álcool por adolescentes cresce na pandemia

Estudos realizados após o início da pandemia da Covid-19 em diferentes lugares do mundo reforçam um alerta sobre a saúde mental e física de adolescentes e jovens: o consumo de álcool, precoce e excessivo, que já preocupava profissionais de saúde, intensificou-se durante o período.

De acordo com o psiquiatra e coordenador do Núcleo de Álcool e Drogas do Hospital Sírio-Libanês, Arthur Guerra, a realidade pode ser facilmente percebida no Brasil, onde quase 40% das crianças têm o primeiro contato com as bebidas desse tipo aos 13 anos, como...