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Health Education for preschool children in daycare centers
Elsa Carolina Rojas-Ortiz1, Vidal E Álvarez-Rodríguez1, Hilda Gabriela León-Suazo1
1Western Zone Regional Delegation, Instituto de Seguridad y Servicios Sociales de los Trabajadores del Estado, City of Mexico, Mexico.
Background:
The promotion of health is carried out in preventive services of medical units, in educational programs and textbooks from the general perspective of the population.
Objective:
To determine baseline characteristics of health education for pre-school children, their parents and teachers, by means of specialist doctors.
Method:
Cross-sectional study of an educational program for preschool children. Life skills and health competencies were evaluated.
Results:
The preschoolers developed resilience (84.12%), empathy (92.23%), assertive communication (93.5%), interpersonal relationships (91.0%), correct decision making (92.56%), problem solving (81.05%), creative thinking (98%), critical thinking (86.08%), emotion management (80.76%), physical activation (97.94%), self-knowledge (98.96%), hygienic habits (94.90%) and co-responsibility (86.25%); 95.59% liked the workshop and 95.75% chose the correct option in the problems described. 63.04% of parents generated changes in their habits and those of their children.
Conclusion:
The educational program implemented can promote empowerment in health from childhood.