Flowchart for patron’s recruitment and data collection at three time points, “Balada com Ciência” Portal Survey, São Paulo, Brazil, 2013.

<p>Flowchart for patron’s recruitment and data collection at three time points, “Balada com Ciência” Portal Survey, São Paulo, Brazil, 2013.</p

Description of the 3 time points of data collection among nightclub patrons in the study “Balada com Ciência” Portal Survey, São Paulo, Brazil, 2013.

<p>^<b>§</b>BrAC—Breath alcohol concentration; Only the bold variables were used in the present analysis.</p

Binge Drinking Associations with Patrons’ Risk Behaviors and Alcohol Effects after Leaving a Nightclub: Sex Differences in the "<i>Balada com Ciência</i>" Portal Survey Study in Brazil

<div><p>The purpose of the present study was to investigate the potential associations of binge drinking detected at the exit of nightclubs and risk behaviors and alcohol effects just after leaving the venue in a representative sample of Brazilian nightclub patrons according to sex. For this purpose, a portal survey study called <i>Balada com Ciência</i> was conducted in 2013 in the megacity of São Paulo, Brazil, using a two-stage cluster sampling survey design. Individual-level data were collected in 2422 subjects at the entrance and 1822 subjects at the exit of 31 nightclubs, and breath alcohol concentration (BrAC) was measured using a breathalyzer. The following day, 1222 patrons answered an online follow-up survey that included questions about risk behaviors and alcohol effects practiced just after leaving the nightclub. Weighted logistic regressions were used to analyze binge drinking associated with risk behaviors by sex. For both sexes, the most prevalent risk behaviors practiced after leaving a nightclub were drinking and driving (men=27.9%; women=20.4%), the use of illicit drugs (men=15.8%; women=9.4%) and risky sexual behavior (men=11.4%; women=6.8%). The practice of binge drinking increased the behavior of illicit drug use after leaving the nightclub by 2.54 times [95% CI: 1.26-5.09] among men who drank and increased the risk of an episode of new alcohol use by 5.80 times [95% CI: 1.50-22.44] among women who drank. Alcoholic blackouts were more prevalent among men [OR=8.92; 95% CI: 3.83-20.80] and women [OR= 5.31; 95% CI: 1.68-16.84] whose BrAC was equivalent to binge drinking compared with patrons with a lower BrAC. Public policies aiming to reduce patrons’ BrAC at the exit of nightclubs, such as staff training in responsible beverage service and legislation to prevent alcohol sales to drunk individuals, would be useful to protect patrons from the risk behaviors associated with binge drinking in nightclubs.</p></div

School community perceptions on implementation of the unplugged program in schools

<p></p><p>Abstract The aim of the present study was to investigate the perceptions of the school community about the Unplugged program, implemented by the Ministry of Health in Brazilian public elementary school. The methodology used was qualitative and involved data collection through 11 focus groups of teachers (n = 13), students (n = 54) and school administrators (n = 11) in 8 schools in 3 Brazilian cities. The content analysis allowed the identification of 3 thematic axes. The facilities identified were related to the technical support for the implementation of the methodology, such as the training and supervision received, and the support of the school administrators. The difficulties pointed out were related to class time, obtaining support materials for classes and adequate fulfillment of the regular curriculum. As potentiality, the improvement of the relations of coexistence was identified. The results obtained here allow the improvement of the implementation of the Unplugged program in Brazilian schools.</p><p></p