EF+ INTERVENTION PROJECT: PEDAGOGICAL IMPLICATIONS AND LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT HEALTH

Fifteen schools participated in the study (group 1: schools that joined the intervention in the year of 2011; group 2: schools that joined the intervention in the year of 2012). This study was carried out by two years with 883 schoolchildren and 13 teachers.

The schollchildren knowledge of health was improved in the post-intervention (p<0.001), with higher scores in group 1. It was found tendency to increase the level of knowledge according to the number of lesson plans developed by teachers (p<0.001). Of the teachers interviewed (n= 13), most adhered to the activities proposed (n = 8) and perceived positive changes, specially in the students, who questioned more about the subject in the classrom and bring these knowledge to their parents.