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OBJECTIVE: To compare the health knowledges and the reasons for the participation between two groups of women with regard to the participation in a health education programme. To describe the satisfaction and the behaviors changes of those who participated. DESIGN: Pos-test intervention study with a control group not aleatory. It was used the test "t" of student for quantitative variables and square "ji" for the qualitative variables. SETTING: Primary health care, auxiliary consulting rooms which belong to Barracas and El Toro, Castellón. PARTICIPANTS: The intervention group was formed by 48 women, and the control group by 43. MAIN RESULTS: All significant different was founded positively associated which the intervention group, and in which questions without significant different, always the percentage of two answers was bigger than the control group. The most important reasons expressed for the women for the participation were: "to learn", "to be interesting", "to feel comfortable". The most important reasons for the non participation were: "to have work", "I didn't know", "I forgot it". CONCLUSIONS: The intervention study outcome shows that women who participated in the workshops had move knowledges in the worked health subjects than those who didn't participate. Every women expresated satisfaction with the experience, and the 66.6% changed something comportment. The knowledge of the causes for which the women participated or not, it is a very useful information to improve the intervention in future experiences.
