Intervención educativa sobre temas de salud visual en el colegio Paúl Dirac - Quito 2019

Abstract

Society's lack of knowledge about visual health issues can have an important influence when deciding what to do or where to go when having visual problems. This is why it is important to train the population and e specially youth on the importance of visual health in the development of a human being's daily life. An educational intervention strategy study was carried out with the objective of evaluating the impact of health promotion actions on visual health issues in adolescents between the ages of 14 - 19 at Colegio Paúl Dirac Quito-2019. Variables such as age, sex, high school level, pre-intervention knowledge and post intervention knowledge were considered. Qualitative variables were summarized by absolute and relative percentage frequencies. The 95% X2 test was used to compare frequencies or associate variables. A greater number of 17-year-old students could be evidenced, representing 44.62%. The predominant sex in the study was male with 60% (78 students). The prevailing school level in the study sample was the sixth year of high school, representing 39.23% (51 students). A positive impact was obtained since the results obtained in the post-educational intervention questionnaire demonstrate this.