Educación en salud como parte del currículo escolar: de la teoría a la práctica

Abstract

This research was aimed to know how health education is developed in two public elementary schools in Pelotas/RS/Brazil. Also, it is a qualitative study, which was carried out with eight participants, from which two were education coordinators and six teachers. Data was collected in August 2014 through semi-structured interviews and documental analysis of the political-pedagogical projects and the schools’ plan of studies. These were analyzed according to Minayo’s proposal. It was possible to find that teachers from different subjects have been developing punctual activities in health education. In addition, it is important to highlight the necessity to train these teachers about the theme and the importance of effective articulations among health services and educational institutions to strengthen the education activities on educational health.