Abstract
Objective: Compare the effects of two educational strategies in health care and the relation between actions of self-care of individuals who consumed alcohol and other drugs. Methods: This is a study quantitative, analytic, descriptive, experimental com a group control non-equivalent, developed through an evaluation of the capacity of self-care and behavior of drug consumption after the application of educational interventions and following the traditional or dialogical models applied to people who were being analyzed in Center for Psychosocial attention, alcohol and other drugs. Pearson Correlation Coefficient and the Friedman test were used to analyze and measure data. Results: It has been shown that the behavior effect under the influence of Ethanol and self-care management in the group where the dialogical strategy was applied presented better results and the greater the self-care, greater is the possibility of reduction of alcohol ingestion. Conclusion: The applied educational strategies influenced the performance of self-care and the reduction of Ethanol and Marijuana consumption.