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A escola é o local privilegiado de educação para a saúde, pois é o contexto onde as crianças aprendem a transpor a aprendizagem para adquirir atitudes e comportamentos que fomentem um estilo de vida saudável. Uma alimentação saudável permite que as crianças se desenvolvam e cresçam com saúde. A Enfermagem Comunitária, no contexto da saúde escolar, permite aumentar o nível de literacia em saúde, promovendo-a e prevenindo a doença da comunidade educativa. O projeto de intervenção teve como objetivo contribuir para a promoção da literacia em saúde das crianças e suas famílias, capacitando-as para a adoção de hábitos alimentares saudáveis na preparação das lancheiras escolares. Foi desenvolvido numa Unidade de Cuidados na Comunidade, inserida num Agrupamento de Centros de Saúde, tendo por base a Metodologia do Planeamento em Saúde e como referencial teórico o Modelo de Promoção da Saúde de Nola Pender. O diagnóstico de situação foi realizado numa Escola Básica, a três turmas do 1º ano, com uma amostra de 67 crianças, com uso de uma folha de registo dos lanches do projeto “A Minha Lancheira” do Núcleo Regional Alentejano Plataforma Contra a Obesidade. Os problemas identificados foram uma ingestão elevada de alimentos açucarados, ricos em sal e gordura e uma ingestão diminuída de cereais, laticínios, fruta, hortícolas e água. Posto isto, procedeu-se à fixação de objetivos específicos e metas, concretizadas através da realização de sessões de educação para a saúde às crianças e respetivas famílias, um folheto e um cartaz e a realização de uma sessão informativa para envolver os profissionais de saúde. A avaliação do projeto revelou os ganhos em saúde, salientando-se um aumento da presença de laticínios, cereais, fruta, hortícolas e água e diminuição da presença de alimentos açucarados, ricos em sal e gordura. Foi um projeto enriquecedor que contribuiu para a mudança de comportamentos das crianças e respetivas famílias na constituição das lancheiras escolares indo ao encontro das competências do Enfermeiro Especialista em Enfermagem de Saúde Comunitária e de Saúde Pública e das competências académicas para a obtenção do grau de Mestre em Enfermagem.
School is the privileged place for health education, as it is the setting where children learn how to apply knowledge to acquire attitudes and behaviors that foster a healthy lifestyle. Healthy eating enables children to develop and grow up healthy. Community Nursing, in the context of school health, contributes to increasing health literacy, promoting it and preventing illness in the educational community. The aim of the intervention project was to help promote health literacy among children and their families, empowering them to adopt healthy eating habits when preparing school lunchboxes. It was developed in a Community Care Unit, part of a Health Center Grouping, based on the Health Planning Methodology and Nola Pender's Health Promotion Model as a theoretical reference. The diagnosis of the situation was carried out in an elementary school, with three 1st-grade classes, a sample of 67 children, using a snack record sheet from the "My Lunchbox" project run by the Alentejo Regional Center of the Platform Against Obesity. Identified issues included a high intake of sugary, salty, and fatty foods and a decreased intake of cereals, dairy, fruits, vegetables and water. Consequently, specific objectives and targets were established, achieved through health education sessions for children and their families, a pamphlet and poster, and an informative session involving healthcare professionals. The evaluation of the project revealed health gains, with an increase in the presence of dairy products, cereals, fruit, vegetables and water and a decrease in the presence of sugary foods, rich in salt and fat. It was an enriching project that contributed to changing the behavior of children and their families in the composing school lunchboxes, meeting the competencies of the Nurse Specialist in Community Health and Public Health Nursing and the academic competencies for obtaining a Master's degree in Nursing.
School is the privileged place for health education, as it is the setting where children learn how to apply knowledge to acquire attitudes and behaviors that foster a healthy lifestyle. Healthy eating enables children to develop and grow up healthy. Community Nursing, in the context of school health, contributes to increasing health literacy, promoting it and preventing illness in the educational community. The aim of the intervention project was to help promote health literacy among children and their families, empowering them to adopt healthy eating habits when preparing school lunchboxes. It was developed in a Community Care Unit, part of a Health Center Grouping, based on the Health Planning Methodology and Nola Pender's Health Promotion Model as a theoretical reference. The diagnosis of the situation was carried out in an elementary school, with three 1st-grade classes, a sample of 67 children, using a snack record sheet from the "My Lunchbox" project run by the Alentejo Regional Center of the Platform Against Obesity. Identified issues included a high intake of sugary, salty, and fatty foods and a decreased intake of cereals, dairy, fruits, vegetables and water. Consequently, specific objectives and targets were established, achieved through health education sessions for children and their families, a pamphlet and poster, and an informative session involving healthcare professionals. The evaluation of the project revealed health gains, with an increase in the presence of dairy products, cereals, fruit, vegetables and water and a decrease in the presence of sugary foods, rich in salt and fat. It was an enriching project that contributed to changing the behavior of children and their families in the composing school lunchboxes, meeting the competencies of the Nurse Specialist in Community Health and Public Health Nursing and the academic competencies for obtaining a Master's degree in Nursing.
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Alimentação saudável Enfermagem comunitária Saúde escolar Literacia em saúde Healthy eating Community nursing School health Health literacy