2016, Number 4
Modification of knowledge about environmental education in the major Hygiene and Epidemiology
Fernández VLL, Varela LY, Sánchez QSM, Galiano GG, Fernández MPM
Language: Spanish
References: 8
Page: 304-310
PDF size: 186.79 Kb.
ABSTRACT
Introduction: Environmental education develops habits, skills, attitudes and contributes to raising values, which favor the harmonization of the relationships among the men and with the rest of the society and nature.Objective: Increase the level of knowledge about environmental education in students majoring in Hygiene and Epidemiology.
Method: An educative intervention study was carried out in the academic year 2014-15. The target group was made up by the 33 students majoring in Hygiene and Epidemiology, while the sample corresponded with the population. A survey was conducted at the beginning of the investigation, the educative intervention was implemented, and the knowledge level before and after the study were compared.
Results: Before the educative intervention, only 12 % of the students had satisfactory knowledge; after the educative intervention, this figure increased up to 93.94 %.
Conclusions: The intervention resulted useful because it increased the students' knowledge level, so that there was a big difference between what they knew before the survey and what they learnt in favor of the environment after the intervention was applied.
REFERENCES
Ministerio de Ciencia, Tecnología y Medio Ambiente. Resolución 40/2007. Estrategia Nacional de Educación Ambiental 2007/2010[Internet]. La Habana: Ministerio de Ciencia, Tecnología y Medio Ambiente. 2007 [citado 3 ene 2016]. Disponible en: http://www.educambiente.co.cu/images/Documentos/Estrategia%20Ambiental%202007-2010.pdf