Efetividade em médio prazo de uma intervenção em atividade física e saúde nas escolas da rede pública de Pelotas.

Abstract

In 2012, the project “Physical Education +: Practicing Health at School” started to be applied. From this project, two master's works would appear, showing effectiveness by level (primary and secondary). Realizing its viability, it was decided to apply it for another year so that new analyzes of effectiveness could be developed as well as to analyze differentiated evidences related to the teachers' adhesion to the project. Thus in the year 2013; effectiveness was analyzed by comparing different stages of implementing an educational intervention to promote physical activity and health knowledge, by comparing groups (Group A: schools that received the intervention in 2012; Group B schools that were control in 2012; Group C a group of new schools that will only enter the research in 2013) where all groups will be exposed to the intervention in the year 2013. It was decided to allocate a greater focus to teachers, since the intervention was idealized to be applied by them and to be an instrument to add the actions already carried out by them within their realities. Thus, the information obtained from them through a self-completed questionnaire is highlighted. It is believed that the longer the students are exposed to the proposal and the greater the application by the teacher will result in better results in relation to the other groups. Upon obtaining the data, a statistically significant improvement was noted in the mean in the knowledge score, in all groups when compared before and after application. As well as indicating the importance of valuing the teacher as a means for qualifying and valuing the discipline.