%0 Journal Article %T Modificaci¨®n de conocimientos sobre conducta suicida en adolescentes y adultos j¨®venes con riesgo %A Arias Guti¨¦rrez %A Mairovis %A Marcos Fern¨¢ndez %A Silvia Gisela %A Mart¨ªn Jim¨¦nez %A /span>Marelis %A Arias Guti¨¦rrez %A Jos¨¦ Mauricio %A Deroncer¨¦ Tamayo %A Oneida %J MEDISAN %D 2009 %I Centro Provincial de Ciencias M¨¦dicas %X an educational intervention was carried out in 30 of 225 teenagers and young adults at risk of suicidal behavoir during 2005, who belonged to 7 doctor¡äs offices from ¡§rafael pantoja ruiz¡§ polyclinic of palma soriano municipality, in order to evaluate their knowledge of that form of making an attempt on their lives. the percentage was used as a summary measure of the information obtained through a questionnaire used before and after the intervention and mc nemar¡äs test was applied with a 95 % significance level as well. the results of educational actions to modify that inappropriate conduct were very favorable as they were considered highly significant. %K suicide %K attempted %K suicide %K behavior therapy %K self concept %K mental health %K primary health care. %U http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1029-30192009000400005&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en