title: [Population impact of a podiatric school health programme].
abstract: This article presents an overview of the work done over the past 12 years in a collaboration between the school communities at various primary and secondary schools and the practical experience managers working in the Preventive and Community Podiatry area of the Podiatry degree at the University of Seville (Spain). The article presents several strategies, which were carried out in the fields of Foot Health for All and Preventive and Community Podiatry as part of the Hermes Research Group (CTS-601) aimed at promoting general foot health. Foot examinations were conducted in a total of 4,630 school pupils, with foot problems being confirmed in 677 of them. Some 7,145 members of the school community were also helped, with these people being reached through educational activities around foot care. The aim of the initiative was to prevent foot damage among children, which could have a harmful impact on their quality of life as adults.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Podología, Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, España. Electronic address: jramos@us.es.
authors.forename: José
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ramos-Galván
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Podología, Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, España.
authors.forename: Verónica
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Álvarez-Ruiz
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Podología, Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, España.
authors.forename: Natalia
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tovaruela-Carrión
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Podología, Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, España.
authors.forename: Ramón
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mahillo-Durán
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Podología, Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, España.
authors.forename: Fernando
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gago-Reyes
mesh_terms: D018409:Foot Injuries / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006266:Health Education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D011032:Podiatry; D011788:Quality of Life; D012572:School Health Services; D013030:Spain
keywords: Child development; Desarrollo infantil; Foot; Health promotion; Pie; Podiatry; Podología; Prevención primaria; Prevención secundaria; Primary prevention; Promoción de la salud; Secondary prevention