%0 Journal Article
%T Profile of suicide orientation among adolescent students. Villahermosa - Tolima, 2013
%J Revista Facultad Nacional de Salud Publica
%D 2016
%A Loboa, N.J.
%A Morales, D.F.
%V 34
%N 1
%P 96-104
%X OBJECTIVE: To establish a suicide orientation risk profile for adolescents attending high school. The profile is based on the following mental health indicators: depression, family functioning, family vulnerability and psychoactive substance consumption. Likewise, the students were attending educational institutions from the Villahermosa municipality in the department of Tolima, Colombia, in 2013. <br><br>METHODology: a descriptive, cross-sectional study. The municipal census was used to obtain the data of adolescents who were attending school and whose age ranged from 11 to 19. <br><br>RESULTS: A total of 554 teenagers were approached, 50.4% which were male; the average age was 14 years; the largest amount of participants was from sixth and seventh grade. Additionally, high and moderate prevalence of suicide orientation risk was observed in 52.1% of the students and the highest values were exhibited by adolescents aged 11 and 14.<br><br>CONCLUSIONS: The suicide orientation profile is characterized on the basis of the following domains of the mental health indicators: depression, family vulnerability and psychoactive substance consumption. The results show thus a public health problem of great magnitude in this municipality. It should therefore be addressed interinstitutionally both at the individual and family levels. © Revista Facultad Nacional de Salud Publica.<p /><p>Language: es</p>
%G es
%I Universidad de Antioquia. Facultad Nacional de Salud
%@ 0120-386X
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.17533/udea.rfnsp.v34n1a12