Intervenção educativa em primeiros socorros para escolares da educação básica / Intervención educativa en primeros auxilios para estudiantes de educación básica / Educational intervention in first aid for basic education students

RESUMO

Objective: to compare the knowledge of basic education students about first aid before and after an educational intervention on the subject. Method: quasi-experimental study, conducted with 67 eighth-grade students of a public school, during 2015, in a city of Minas Gerais. Pre- and post-test instruments were applied for data collection, which were later compiled in Epi InfoTM software version 7 and analyzed by Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 20. Results: there was a statistically significant improvement (P<0.05) in the participants' knowledge after the educational intervention for most of the topics addressed. Conclusion: the educational intervention in first aid for schoolchildren was effective and demonstrated the emerging need to implement subjects that address these contents in the basic education curriculum.

ABSTRACT

Objective: to compare the knowledge of basic education students about first aid before and after an educational intervention on the subject. Method: quasi-experimental study, conducted with 67 eighth-grade students of a public school, during 2015, in a city of Minas Gerais. Pre- and post-test instruments were applied for data collection, which were later compiled in Epi InfoTM software version 7 and analyzed by Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 20. Results: there was a statistically significant improvement (P<0.05) in the participants' knowledge after the educational intervention for most of the topics addressed. Conclusion: the educational intervention in first aid for schoolchildren was effective and demonstrated the emerging need to implement subjects that address these contents in the basic education curriculum.

RESUMEN

Objetivo: comparar los conocimientos de los estudiantes de la educación básica sobre primeros auxilios antes y después de una intervención educativa sobre el tema. Método: estudio casi experimental, realizado con 67 estudiantes del octavo grado de una escuela pública, durante 2015, en un municipio de Minas Gerais. Se aplicaron instrumentos de prueba previa y posterior para la recopilación de datos, que posteriormente se compilaron en la versión 7 del software Epi InfoTM y se analizaron en el Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) versión 20. Resultados: hubo una mejora estadísticamente significativa (P<0.05) en el conocimiento de los participantes después de la intervención educativa para la mayoría de los temas abordados. Conclusión: la intervención educativa en primeros auxilios para los escolares fue eficaz y demostró la necesidad emergente de implementar disciplinas que aborden estos contenidos en el currículo de educación básica.