title: [Child narrative in school settings: A strategy for health promotion].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe the process of capacity building of an elementary school in Mexico City to promote healthy diet, physical activity and obesity preventive measures, within the Health Promoting School (HPS) initiative, underpinned by a human functioning approach.
  
  
  METHODS
  The project of HPS had a methodological design of participatory action research, which was adapted and integrated to a participatory method of planning-action-evaluation with a model of collaborative and group learning; thus narrative was defined as a strategy.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The participation of children in the process contributed to the development of a set of capabilities related to school performance, socialization, coexistence, diet, physical activity and others related to health in general.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The HPS enhances the development of individual and collective capacities of school-aged children that allows them to achieve favorable performances for their health, including diet and physical activity.
authors: Departamento de Atención a la Salud, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Xochimilco, Distrito Federal, México.
authors: Víctor
authors: V
authors: Ríos-Cortázar
authors: Departamento de Atención a la Salud, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Xochimilco, Distrito Federal, México.
authors: Alejandra
authors: A
authors: Gasca-García
authors: Departamento de Atención a la Salud, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Xochimilco, Distrito Federal, México.
authors: Mónica
authors: M
authors: Franco-Martínez
authors: Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Cuernavaca, Morelos, México.
authors: Lizbeth
authors: L
authors: Tolentino-Mayo
mesh_terms: D057191:Capacity Building; D002648:Child; D002755:Choice Behavior; D003256:Community Participation; D004032:Diet; D015444:Exercise; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D017144:Focus Groups; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico; D033262:Narration; D063766:Pediatric Obesity / Q000517:prevention & control*; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012572:School Health Services; D012919:Social Behavior