[Evaluation of a workplace anti-smoking program at a company with 640 employees]. / Evaluación de una intervención sobre tabaquismo en el medio laboral: experiencia en una empresa con 640 empleados.

OBJECTIVES: Awareness of the health risks of passive smoking for non-smokers has led to the development of workplace interventions for smokers, although they are still few in our setting. The objective of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of an anti-smoking program among the workers of a company, in function of changes in the pre- and post-intervention prevalence of smoking in the study population. METHOD: A pre-intervention questionnaire on smoking (prevalence and attitudes) was administered at a company with 640 employees (92% men, 8% women). An anti-smoking program was carried out inside the company during working hours over the next nine months. The questionnaire was then repeated (post-intervention) in order to evaluate its efficacy based on changes. For employees who answered both questionnaires, paired variables were analyzed. RESULTS: The pre-intervention questionnaire was answered by 388 employees (60%), 357 men (92%) and 31 women (8%); their mean age was 48.4 years (SD 9.36). The prevalence of smoking was 55%, including daily smokers, sporadic smokers and others. The mean number of cigarettes per day was 17.86 (SD 2.45). The mean level of nicotine dependence measured by the Fagerström test was 3.3 (SD 2.8) out of 10. The post-intervention questionnaire was answered by 206 employees (32%). Among employees who answered both questionnaires (83), analysis of paired data showed a decrease in the prevalence of smoking of 4% and in the number of cigarettes per day from 17.4 (pre-intervention) to 16.4 (post-intervention). The differences were not statistically significant. CONCLUSIONS: Although the workplace is an appropriate setting for anti-smoking interventions that would contribute to improving the health of smokers, such programs are currently underutilized.

Potencialidades y limitaciones del uso de recursos multimediales en la enseñanza de anatomía veterinaria / Potentiality and limitations in the use of multimedial resources in the teaching of veterinary anatomy

El presente trabajo persigue el propósito de demostrar las potencialidades de los recursos multimediales utilizados como herramientas complementarias a los materiales usados de manera tradicional, durante el proceso de enseñanza-aprendizaje de Anatomía Veterinaria. Asimismo, pretende evidenciar el impacto que dichos soportes producen en la motivación de los alumnos, frente a las tareas áulicas, así como en instancias de aprendizaje autónomo. La experiencia se lleva a cabo en el marco de un proyecto de investigación educativa, desarrollado en la Universidad Nacional del Litoral (Argentina) por docentes de la cátedra de Anatomía Veterinaria, en articulación con docentes de la cátera homónima de la Universidad de Zaragoza (España). A través de la investigación, se procura evaluar los resultados de aprendizaje de los alumnos ante esta innovación didáctica y metodológica. Las entidades educativas involucradas interactúan entre sí mediante la comunicación electrónica. En tal sentido, se destaca que la producción de los recursos multimediales es desarrollada en Zaragoza y la etapa experimental de dicha investigación se lleva a cabo en ambos contextos educativos