Health education and integrative project as an alternative to promote postural education in children and adolescents

Abstract

Objective: Report the experience in monitoring and developing educational activities related to the spine and postural changes. Experience report: The study describes the experience in the educational action developed by students of the Physiotherapy course with children and adolescents from a private school and aged between 12 and 17 years. The planning of activities included class in the anatomy laboratory, guidance on the elements chosen for health education, construction of didactic material, development of action, training for research and preparation of academic work, and presentation of a final report. Physiotherapy students were divided into ten groups and, using the science fair model, visitors were directed to participate in the activities offered, favoring the construction of knowledge. Final considerations: There was a great acceptance of the target population, and favoring the construction of extension activities, building activities in front of the community since the beginning of academic training, putting into practice the knowledge acquired in the classroom, which seems to help improve skills and competencies that permeate the entire health promotion process.