Evaluación de la efectividad de la Educación para la Salud dentro de un Programa de Salud Escolar Podológica

Abstract

Objectives: To determine the knowledge and attitudes regarding health podiatric school in grades 5 and 6 of primary education in the city of Seville, before and after implementing a Health Education activity. Methods: A quasi-experimental before-after study without a control group was designed. Data on the opinion of the schoolchildren about the activity received preferences on educational methods were collected, and the differences in responses by gender, health and education were analyzed. To meet the objectives two questionnaires, one "Pre-chat", completed by the school before the talk on the foot care and other "Post-talk" immediately filled after the educational activity, were designed and validated. Results: The sample consists of 409 students, 230 men and 179 women. By educational level, 190 and 219, 5th year and 6th year of primary education, respectively. Per school, 249 students of 160 public school and private-entered school. Among the main results, prior to the educational activity it had a direct relationship between going to a Podiatrist with having information about foot care (ph 0,05). After the educational activity, 98.8% of schoolchildren knew the shape and functions of Podiatrist and increased the tendency to visit a Podiatrist to be held to a greater extent after the intervention than before, from 20% to 97.1 %. In terms of learning, almost 50% of the students believed they have learned a lot about foot care. Conclusions: The observed change in knowledge and attitudes following the intervention justifies the importance of activities of Health Education as an educational strategy for foot care within Podiatric School Health Program.