Implementación de una guía educativa para la promoción de hábitos y estilos de vida saludables en niños de edad escolar, Parroquia Cacha, diciembre 2021 – enero 2022.

Abstract

The objective was to implement n educative guide for the promotion of healthy lifestyles and habits in school-aged children from the Intercultural Bilingual school, Shiricacha, found in the rural parish of Cacha, city of Riobamba, province of Chimborazo, with a prior diagnostic of responsive healthy practices. A descriptive cross-section study was carried out, where 94 students between 5 and 15 years old participated. For the collecting of information, a questionnaire, validated by the Delphi method of 24 items distributed in 7 dimensions, was elaborated: sociodemographic data, eating routine, personal hygiene and rest, physical activity and posture, household chores and security, television and internet use, and personal and family relationships, and Cronbach’s alpha was used to calculate the reliability. 35.1% of the participants have bad habits regarding a healthy diet; 59.6% have normal rituals with personal hygiene and rest; 45.7% have regular practice with physical and postural activity; 40.4% of the population do household chores, watch television, use internet and security. Only 6.3% of the students showed to have good practices in their personal and familial relationships. In 8 weeks of intervention, it was found that more than 90% of the students developed positive practices toward healthy habits. It was concluded that 97.3% of the students were able to develop positive practices toward healthy habits during the intervention.