Programa de escuelas promotoras de salud en la Unidad Educativa Josefa Mendoza de Mora. Manta 2014

Abstract

Abstract: The program HPS, is a strategy that helps to make the implementation of contents and actions of healthy education to provide schools and communities with the means to improve their health and increase control of it. This work was done in the Education Unit Fiscal "Josefa Mendoza de Mora" Parish Esteros city of Manta, Manabi province, during the period 2013 - 2014, which was determined by the situational analysis that 80% of infant population attending the sub-center community does just looking for medical care morbidity, besides Program Health Promoting Schools and the student community as well as teachers and parents are uninformed does not apply. Under these results became necessary to implement the strategy of Health Promoting Schools in the primary school sector, the Education Unit Josefa Mendoza de Mora, whose main goal is to provide and develop healthy environments and strengthen community organization and student participation, by shaping the management team. Training was provided to students, teachers and parents; practices were reinforced and worked on creating healthy environments; in addition to achieving the implementation of the Health Promoting Schools, reducing the risk that students suffer diseases.