Teenagers and their attitude toward alcohol

Slovenija je po porabi alkohola na osebo v samem vrhu evropske lestvice. Alkohol je lahko dostopen in dokaj poceni. Pitje alkohola v Sloveniji predstavlja tradicijo, ki je ni moč izkoreniniti, zato ne preseneča dejstvo, da je tudi med mladimi zelo razširjen. Mladi večkrat po njem segajo prav z namenom opijanja. Diplomska naloga je sestavljena iz empiričnega in teoretičnega dela. V teoretičnem delu je predstavljeno obdobje mladostništva, značilnosti alkohola, njegove zlorabe, ter sindrom odvisnosti od alkohola. Temu sledi poglavje, ki se osredotoča na uživanje alkohola med mladimi, kar predstavlja enega temeljnih problemov sodobne družbe, saj alkohol zavira zdrav razvoj in onemogoča produktivno prihodnost mladine. Opisana sta tudi teoretični model zdravstvene nege po Hildegard E. Peplau in preventiva na področju problematike alkohola, saj v njej leži ključ do zdravega življenja. V empiričnem delu je prikazan odnos mladostnikov do alkohola. Raziskava je bila opravljena junija 2009 na Osnovni šoli Muta. Zanimalo nas je, v kakšnem obsegu osnovnošolci uživajo alkohol ter če se zavedajo posledic in nevarnosti, ki jih prinaša njihovo početje. Uporabljena je deskriptivna metoda dela in anonimni vprašalnik. Rezultati so obdelani in prikazani s pomočjo grafov. Ugotavljamo, da mladostniki že zgodaj segajo po alkoholu in da jih je veliko že bilo opitih. Preverjali smo tudi učinkovitost Zakona o omejevanju porabe alkohola in ugotovili, da ni dovolj učinkovit, saj mladostniki skorajda brez težav pridejo do alkohola. Visok je tudi delež mladostnikov, ki iščejo hitro sprostitev in se namensko opijajo. Nadalje ugotavljamo, da mladostniki niso dovolj obveščeni o negativnih posledicah uživanja alkohola, zaradi česar bi morali okrepiti zdravstveno vzgojno dejavnost na tem področju.According to the amount of alcohol consumation Slovenia is on the top of the european scale. The alcohol is reachable everywhere and it is quite cheap. Drinking alcohol in Slovenia represents a part of a tradition that cannot be eradicated, so the fact that alcohol is very wide-spread among the youth is no surprise. The young often drink it with the purpose of being drunk. My diploma contains two parts: an empirical and a theoretical part. In the theoretical part the period of adolescence, the features of alcohol, its abuses and the sindrom of addiction are represented. After that follows a chapter that focuses on consumption of alcohol among youth, which represents one of the basic problems of today\u27s society as alcohol is blocking the healthy development and disables the productive future of the youth. It contains also a description of the theoretical model of nursing care adapted from Hildegard E. Peplau and prevention on the field of alcohol problems in which the key to healthy life lies. In the empirical part the relation of the youth to alcohol is represented. The investigation was made on the primary school Muta in June 2009. I was wondering in what range the primary school children are drinking alcohol and if they are aware of the consequences and risks that their actions are causing. I used the descriptive working method and an anonymous questionnaire. I processed and represented the results with the help of charts. I found out, that the youth\u27s reach after alcohol very early and that many of them were already drunk. I also checked the efficiency of the institution for limited consumption of alcohol and the result was that it is not efficient enough because the young get alcohol almost without any problems. The percentage of youths that are looking for a fast relaxation and are intentionally drunk is very high. Further on I found out that the youths are not informed enough about the negative consequences of alcohol consumption, thus the medical educational branch on this area should be enhanced