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- Title
DESCRIPCIÓN DE LOS ESTILOS DE VIDA Y FACTORES DE RIESGO EN NIÑOS Y ADOLESCENTES DE TAMAULIPAS.
- Authors
Gaither Jiménez, Laura Elena; Pimienta Prieto, Julio Herminio
- Abstract
This publication is part of a study begun in 2012 with the first objective of describing the lifestyles and risk factors detected in children and adolescents, in order to prepare a diagnostic study that would allow the design of an action plan that would meet the results obtained, Using as a frame the School Social Participation Councils. This is a mixed study, with a descriptive phase and another using participatory action-research. Stratified sampling was used in two stages, by schools and groups, involving 9,376 students from 131 primary schools and 104 secondary schools from 34 municipalities of the 43 that make up the State of Tamaulipas in Mexico. We used a questionnaire proposed by the Ministry of Public Education with open and closed questions, and the results show that one-third of the students spend their free time watching television and using video games; Being detected as fundamental risk factors, incomprehension and poor communication, perceived by the vast majority, both by parents and teachers. The results point to the need for state educational policies that address the urgency of involving parents through an accompanying program and, on the other hand, intervention within the institution, with a program directed to the school management of a Discipline based on agreements, respecting the dignity and the rights, and spreading the obligations of the parents.
- Subjects
TAMAULIPAS (Mexico : State); MEXICO; BASIC education; EDUCATION policy; EDUCATION; SOCIAL participation; PUBLIC education
- Publication
Revista Panamericana de Pedagogía: Saberes y Quehaceres del Pedagogo, 2017, Issue 24, p171
- ISSN
1665-0557
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.21555/rpp.v0i24.1704