ABSTRACT
Due to the actual COVID-19 pandemic context and the remote working model, the objective of this study was to explore the effectiveness of an educational program on the life habits of the Human Resources staff in the Ministry of Public Education (MEP) with the intention of implementing practices that will achieve greater physical and mental wellness. Methods: a questionnaire prepared with Google Forms tool. This was structured by five questions based on the Transtheoretical Model (MT) (Cabrera, 2000) and two questions on the PAR-Q & YOU questionnaire (CSEP, 2002). In addition, an interview was conducted with the Head of Human Resources to obtain key information to support the approach of the proposal. Results: the female gender was the one with the greatest predominance;about half of this population live alone. After the virtual sessions, positive progress was made in the first four stages of the TM, given that, for example, the population that was considering performing physical activity in the next few days increased from 89% to 93.9%. Furthermore, before the intervention, 91.3% had no cardiovascular complications and around 40% had joint discomfort or some back injury. This intervention was a key opportunity to motivate the change towards a more active and healthy lifestyle among MEP's HR staff. Conclusions: it was opportune to develop the intervention and mediate for a positive change towards the practice of physical activity. In addition, 72.29% confirmed having had an improvement in both physical and mental health, the latter of great relevance in the conditions of the current pandemic.