La salud internacional y de consumo de drogas por parte de la población adolescente de Costa Rica.

Abstract

International Health is a vision that conceives the person as a whole, where a dynamic process is established in which, according to Wright (1999), elements known as macro and microdeterminants have influence. This article presents the results of those microdeterminants and its influence in the phenomenon of drugs in adolescents; the research was made from March to November 2008. The investigation had a quantitative focus, of a non- experimental type and a descriptive transactional design. The population consisted of employees of national institutions involved in this phenomenon. The recollection of data was made by a personal interview and reinforced with documental and literary review which allowed the information to be valid. Among the most important results are: the poor interinstitutional connection to deal with phenomenon of drugs and the knowledge of various causes to this problem but the dealing of only a few of them. In conclusion, it was seen that it is very important for Nursery to use the aspects involved in International Health to give a more wholesome treating to the phenomenon of drugs in adolescents.