A eficácia de um programa de educação em saúde em escolares

Abstract

The helminthiases are diseases that have as main targets the children of school age, especially in the age group between 3 and 12 years. This fact is justified by the lack of information related to personal hygiene measures and the greater contact of these subjects with risk environments. The process of health education is considered an important tool to control and prevent these. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a school health education program aimed at the prevention of helminth diseases at two moments, one month and one year after the implemented health education practices. This is a research with epidemiological design of intervention of the type prophylactic clinical trial. The study was carried out at the Sesquicentennial Teaching-Learning Experimental State Center (CEEEA Sesqui.), And included in the data collection children aged 10 to 14 years, enrolled in the 6th and 7th year of Elementary School II. The methodological procedures developed in the project include the following steps: Baseline, Educational intervention for teaching and sensitization of helminthiases, Post-test T1 performed one month after the intervention and Post-test T2 performed one year after project completion and Test application with Group control. Preliminary results indicate that after the application of the intervention the number of hits related to the transmission of the diseases were: Ascaridiasis (86.7%), Enterobiosis (86.7%), Schistosomiasis (89.6%), Ancylostomiasis) and teniasis (84.4%). One year after the educational intervention, the results remained positive Ascaridiasis (77.8%), Enterobiosis (72.7%), Schistosomiasis (80.7%), Ancylostomiasis (74.1%) and Teniasis (83%). Thus, the results indicate that the proposed intervention model was effective one month later and remained one year after the intervention, so that the methodology used can be recommended for interventions in health education for schoolchildren in this age group.