Education for health in first aid to rural educational community from Huila - Colombia, 2021

Abstract

Student population is at high risk of accidents which require an adequate risk management to preserve students’ integrity and life. This makes first aid education meaningful to handle these situations, especially in rural contexts with constraints regarding access to health services. Objective: To build by means of a participatory process an educational program in first aid with the educative community from Quituro-Tarqui in the Department of Huila, Colombia. Method: Mix Research Study – with action research methodology. This study used as data collection techniques pre-test and post-test type surveys, workshops, and knowledge dialogues with a sample of teachers, school administrators, students, and parents. Results: The study permitted to identify educational needs in first aid of the participant community. A virtual educational program in first aid was built and developed, which helped increasing a 40% of level of knowledge in first aid and permitted to identify popular knowledge about the management of these type of situations in the community. Conclusion: It should be noted the relevance and pertinence that educational programs have for health issues through knowledge dialogues, in correspondence with educational needs in health issues that affect specific realities from different contexts.