Objective: To identify the risk factors associated with mental health issues in adolescents. Method: An integrative review was conducted in four databases with publications from 2007 to 2013. The terms Adolescent and Mental Health were used to search adequate articles as DeCs/MeSH bases. Results: Publications were found in different journals in different fields of knowledge and the quantitative research was the most frequent. The mental health issues were categorized as individual factors; drug related factors, school factors, family factors, social factors and STDs/Aids related factors. The most addressed category was individual factors, with 23 publications. Conclusion: The integrative review allowed to point important questions to be addressed in preventive actions by the health professional, including the nurse, to create a space that works with risk conditioning factors in adolescents for mental health aggravation.

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The aim of this study was to promote, through Cultural Circles, a critical and reflective space on the prevention of HIV/AIDS among young crack users. An action research was carried out in 2012 through the Cultural Circle, with ten young crack users. The analysis and interpretation of results focused on the discussion according to the group experience. Youngsters showed incipient and inarticulate knowledge about AIDS, mainly myths, and considered themselves vulnerable to HIV/AIDS, given the exchange of straws and pipes for cocaine/crack use and loss of consciousness favoring non-use of condoms during intercourse and having multiple partners. Results contribute towards the nursing work with dialogical and participatory methodologies, such as Paulo Freire, in order to encourage critical reflection of both educator and learner towards the prevention of STD/AIDS among cocaine/crack users.

Objective: to describe the risk behaviors and vulnerability adopted by adolescents regarding STD/AIDS. Methodolgy: this is an ethnographic study, carried out at a public school of Fortaleza-CE, Brazil. The population was composed of twenty male adolescents, from 12 to 18 years and that study in the fundamental and secondary education. The data collection happened through a semi-structured interview and simple observation. The content analysis followed Bardin's orientation. The survey was adopted by the Ethics in Research of the UFC, under protocol number 119/07 and after the informed consent of parents. Results: the data showed that among the risk conducts mentioned by the adolescents, the main one is sexual intercourse without preservative, and that there is fear and regret after the unprotected intercourse, and that the partner's age do influence in a negative way for protection. Conclusion: we considered necessary an approach on safe sex among teenagers, demanding the production of creative strategies that make sense in several socio-cultural contexts in which the adolescents are inserted. Descriptors: adolescent; sexual behavior; sexually transmitted diseases.RESUMOObjetivo: descrever os comportamentos de risco e vulnerabilidade adotados pelos adolescentes frente às DST/AIDS. Metodologia: trata-se de um estudo etnográfico, realizado numa escola da rede pública e estadual de Fortaleza-CE. A população foi composta de vinte adolescentes do sexo masculino, de 12 a 18 anos e que cursam o ensino fundamental e médio. A coleta de dados foi feita por meio de uma entrevista semi-estruturada e observação simples. A análise do conteúdo seguiu a orientação de Bardin. A pesquisa foi realizada com aprovação do Comitê de Ética em Pesquisa da UFC, sob número de protocolo 119/07 e após o consentimento livre e esclarecido dos pais. Resultados: os dados evidenciam que entre as condutas de risco citadas pelos adolescentes, a principal é a relação sexual sem preservativo, e que o medo e o arrependimento existem após a relação desprotegida, e que a idade do parceiro pode sim influenciar de forma negativa para a proteção. Conclusão: consideramos ser necessária a abordagem do sexo seguro entre jovens, exigindo a produção de estratégias criativas que façam sentido nos diversos contextos sócio-culturais nos quais os adolescentes estejam inseridos. Descritores: adolescente; comportamento sexual; doenças sexualmente transmissíveis.RESUMENObjetivo: describir los comportamientos de riesgo y la vulnerabilidad adoptados por los adolescentes delante de las ETS/SIDA. Metodologia: se trata de una investigación etnográfica, llevada a cabo en una escuela de la red pública y estadual de Fortaleza-CE-Brasil. La población fue compuesta por viente adolescentes del sexo masculino, de 12 a 18 años de la enseñanza básica y media. La colecta de datos fue a través de una entrevista semiestructurada y de la observación simple. El análisis del contenido seguió la orientación de Bardin. La encuesta fue adoptado por la Ética em la Investigación UFC com el número de protocolo 119/07 y después de que el consentimiento informado de los padres. Resultados: los datos señalaron que entre las conductas de riesgo dichas por los adolescentes, la principal fue la relación sexual sin protección, donde el medo y el arrepentimiento surgen después de esta relación, siendo la edad del compañero un influjo negativo en la protección. Conclusión: así, es necesario el abordaje del sexo seguro entre los jóvenes, lo que exige la producción de estrategias creativas que hagan sentido en los diversos contextos socioculturales en que los adolescentes estean encuadrados. Descriptores: adolescente; conducta sexual; enfermedades de transmisión sexual.

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