Juan Gregorio Palechor: historia de mi vida

Abstract

This study has three major goals: (1) to survey the present status of adolescents attending schools in Taiwan about 4 values associated with human rights, (2) to survey the same population about smoking and drinking habits and possible related factors for smoking and drinking, and (3) to thoroughly analyze both sets of survey data to determine relationships. Multi-stage. stratified cluster sampling with proportional allocation was used to determine the study population, which was equal to approximately 0.5% of all students in that age group in Taiwan. A total of 100 schools throughout Taiwan were chosen (50 junior high schools, 14 high schools, 21 vocational schools, and 15 junior colleges), and the proportions were determined by the percentage of all students attending each type of school. One class from each year level at each school was selected. 12,355 of the 12,557 eligible students participated (97.3%). The 4 human rights values were respect, trust, esteem, and privacy, and all questions were related to daily life. Regarding attitudes toward privacy, a number of negative trends were found which warrant concern, but no significant relationships were found between privacy issues and smoking and drinking. Questions on 'respect' covered the attitudes of both parents and teachers toward the student as perceived by the Student. Questions on 'trust' all dealt with the family. Questions on 'esteem' dealt with 2 facets: family members and friends/classmates. Multiple instances were found of statistically significant correlations between student perceptions of respect, trust, and esteem with student smoking and drinking habits. This suggests that there is a significant relationship present and it is hoped that human rights education might decrease drinking and smoking prevalence, which in turn might decrease illicit drug use.