[The demand for health education among the teachers at nonuniversity teaching centers].
OBJECTIVE
To assess the demand for training in health education (HE) from non-university teachers, how it could be integrated into the school curriculum and other relevant items.


METHODS
A descriptive study of a crossover type.


METHODS
Public, private and church schools in the city of Granada.


METHODS
A sample chosen by random sampling of clusters, composed of 303 teachers at 36 private and public schools.


RESULTS
The demand from teachers for HE courses was 94.2%. They considered it would be good to include HE in the school curriculum (89.1%). To give HE as a "complementary activity" was the most favoured method (38.2%). Public schools were more interested than private or church ones in teaching environmental health (p < 0.005). There was a close association between the teacher's qualifications, the level he/she teaches and greater concern about questions which directly affect the child or adolescent. Therefore EGB (basic) teachers are more interested in gambling (p < 0.0001) and BUP-COU and FP teachers in drugs (p < 0.015).


CONCLUSIONS
Among secondary (BUP-COU) and vocational training (FP) teachers there is considerable interest in Health education, although there is no one opinion on how to present it to their pupils. The close relationship between the HE aspects of most interest to the teacher and the level he/she teaches should be noted.
Moreno Abril
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Departamento de Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública, Universidad de Granada.
Jurado Chacón
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Luna del Castillo
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Alvarez Calvo
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Martínez Beltrán
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D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001290:Attitude; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D003479:Curriculum; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013030:Spain; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000078329:Workforce
Demanda en educación para la salud entre los profesores de centros docentes no universitarios.