Efetividade de uma Intervenção de Atividade Física e Saúde em aulas de Educação Física da Rede Pública de Pelotas

Abstract

Interventions for promoting physical activity in schools have shown relevant results for reducing the high rates of physical inactivity . In this sense the Study Group on Epidemiology of Physical Activity GEEAF - school with the 5th Regional Coordination of Education (5th CRE ) developed the project Physical Education + : Practicing Health in school . This project has the aim assist PE teachers to work in the health theme school and disseminate knowledge about practices and their relation to bodily health . The main strategies of intervention are: training workshop for teachers ; delivery of educational material to teachers ; delivery illustrative posters and a scientific event to facilitate the exchange of experience among teachers . Thus the aim of this project is to analyze the implementation of the intervention project " Physical Education + " to be developed in physical education classes in high school in the public schools of the city of Pelotas . For it will be drawn 10 high schools from public Pelotas five from the control group and the other five of the group will receive the intervention of " Physical Education + " . Will be given a questionnaire to assess the level of physical activity ( ≥ 300min/sem ) and knowledge (score on a test ) at the beginning and end of the intervention on students from 10 schools. A subsample of students participate in a focus group to assess satisfaction with the intervention . Teachers will be interviewed by telephone and through a personal interview to verify adherence to the project . After analyzes will be performed for comparisons within ( pre and post ) and intergroup (two dishes ) the level of physical activity and knowledge of students . The associations will be explored second stratification by the independent variables