Health education in the prevention of enteroparasites: descriptive study

ABSTRACT

This study aimed to evaluate the process of behavioral changes of caregivers of children of preschool age, from an activity of Health Education regarding the prevention of intestinal parasitosis. Descriptive study, conducted with eight caregivers of children from a public nursery in Fortaleza, whose steps were: the development and implementation of strategy of pictures such as health education; home visits to assess the knowledge of caregivers about the prevention of intestinal disease and evaluation of process of behavioral changes. The members had adequate knowledge and the realization of most proposed daily conduct about prevention of intestinal disease. Thus, the practices of health education aimed adoption of healthy behaviors should be seen as a priority for nursing professionals, because it constitutes an important tool in health promoting.