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THE BAEPENDI “LITTLE HEART” STUDY: Strategies in Child Education Related to Cardiometabolic Risk Factors for Reducing Morbidity and Mortality in a Developing Country

2017; MedCrave Group; Volume: 5; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês

10.15406/emij.2017.05.00133

2473-0815

Camila Maciel de Oliveira,

Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology

Background:The Baependi Heart Study is the first studies in Brazil clustering families for analyze the relationship between genetic and cardiovascular risk factors.It had started in 2005 with partnerships among some Brazilian Universities for research and outreach projects.Ten years later, a new project was developed.It was related to child and adolescent education for prevention of cardiovascular risk factors in school, followed by local teachers who continued to disseminate health promotion, since the goal is to reduce noncommunicable chronic diseases, a major cause of global morbidity and mortality. Method:The targeted audiences were county (local), state and private schools in the cities of Baependi, Juiz de Fora and Curitiba.In Baependi and Juiz de Fora, the focus is children from 4 to 12years old and our group have been promoting some activities: (1) A first talk to children to introduce a new Portuguese vocabulary and Sciences concepts (LDLcholesterol, HDL-cholesterol, blood pressure, insulin, diabetes, for example).(2) A puppet plays presentation.(3) A new discussion on the interdisciplinary aspects (healthy habits, science, physics, history, culture, literature, art and philosophy) related to points previously discussed and presented in the play.(4) Playful activities: songs, games, hands on making a fruit salad, for example and trying to make them real actors of a healthy life style and grow a conscience about it.In Curitiba, we trained teachers to work with their students using the same steps described. Results:The project developed in schools reached a total of 9,592people. Conclusion:It can be possible, rewarding and non-expensive to carry out projects for health promotion and prevention of diseases, mainly chronic non-communicable diseases, involving children, adolescents and adults, when there is a linkage of research, teaching, care, public policies.