SANITARY EDUCATION FOR STUDENTS OF CHILDREN TEACHERS DIRECTED TO DEALING WITH THE ALLERGIC CHILDREN AT THE SCHOOL

Abstract

Allergic diseases in children are an emergent issue of public health difficult to deal with. nevertheless, there barely are available protocols to identify allergic pupils neither some chapters relative to allergy in childhood and adolescence are included in academic programs of future teachers. Since children spend much time at the school, this project aims to give basic education to future children teachers, directed to know which both asthma and food allergy are, how identify early allergic symptoms, and what to do in front of an allergic episode. A group of students of university school for children teachers were asked to anonymously fill in a survey about the allergic children at the school, including 44 items. After that, an allergist carried out an educational program of basic allergy directed to the participants, and one month later, the same survey was offered to them in order to size the evolution of the knowledge. Future children teachers show a low profile of knowledge about allergy. It would be adequate to give them sanitary education about highly prevalent diseases, particularly in the case of pediatric diseases. This project has demonstrated the high value of educational seminars to improve the aimed results.