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Un programa escolar para el control del dengue en Honduras: del conocimiento a la práctica

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2012
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Ávila Montes, Gustavo Adolfo
Araujo, Roxana
Leontsini, Elli
Orellana Herrera, Gabriel
Fernández Cerna, Eduardo
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Se describe el Programa Escolar Ambiental (PEA), una iniciativa de control de dengue enfocada en el ámbito de la escuela -primaria durante el -período de 2005-2010 en varias ciudades de Honduras. El programa fue diseñado para generar mayor conocimiento y destreza en la identificación y el control de criaderos de Aedes aegypti dentro de un contexto de salud ambiental, que incluía además el manejo del agua y los desechos sólidos. Los resultados en él cambio de comportamiento y en la reducción de los índices larvarios fueron satisfactorios en la mayoría de las escuelas que formaron parte de la experiencia, lográndose la participación de los niños, y también de sus padres y maestros. El PEA resultó efectivo además de la reducción de los índices larvarios, en la promoción de la participación comunitaria en temas ambientales con énfasis en el control de Aedes. La inclusión de estos contenidos educativos en el currículo de educación primaria es una asignatura aún pendiente en Honduras.(AU)
 
The Environmental School Program (PEA, for its Spanish acronym), a dengue control initiative focused on primary schools that took place during 2005-2010 in several cities in Honduras, is described. The environmental health program was designed to increase knowledge and develop skills in the identification and control of Aedes aegypti breeding sites, as well as in water and solid waste management. The results, as measured by behavioral change and reduced larval indices, were satisfactory in the majority of the participating schools. The initiative involved not only children, but also their parents and teachers. In addition to reducing larval indices, PEA was successful in promoting community participation in environmental issues, particularly Aedes control. The inclusion of this educational content in the primary school curriculum in Honduras remains pending.(AU)
 
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Rev Panam Salud Publica;31(6),jun. 2012
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Dengue; Aedes; Educación Ambiental; Educación en Salud; Salud escolar; Salud ambiental; Honduras; Dengue; Aedes; Environmental Education; Health Education; School health; Environmental Health; Honduras; Dengue; Honduras; Avaliação de Programas e Projetos de Saúde; Serviços de Saúde Escolar
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https://iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2/9306
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Ávila Montes, Gustavo Adolfo,Araujo, Roxana,Leontsini, Elli,Orellana Herrera, Gabriel,Fernández Cerna, Eduardo (2012) Un programa escolar para el control del dengue en Honduras: del conocimiento a la práctica. Rev Panam Salud Publica;31(6) 518-522,jun. 2012. Retrieved from http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1020-49892012000600011
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