Programa educativo sobre la importancia del ejercicio físico en niños de 8 a 12 años del Club Corazón De Jesús de la comunidad San Pablo, cantón Guano de la provincia de Chimborazo en el periodo abril - septiembre 2022

Abstract

This research project focused on applying for an Educational Program on the importance of physical exercise in children 8-12 years of age at the Corazón de Jesús Club in the San Pablo community to increase each child's knowledge and practice levels. The study was descriptive with a quasi-experimental design. An initial survey was applied to the 30 children, validated by experts, and analyzed using the criteria of Moriyama to measure the participants’ knowledge. In addition, it allowed the researcher to identify three variables: sociodemographic characteristics, physical activity, and physical activity practice. 53 % are women, and 47% are men who belong to the Corazón de Jesús Club. According to age, 100% of the children are between 8 to 12 years old. 40% of the participants knew the definition of physical activity, while 60% needed to learn its meaning. The information was obtained by applying the initial survey compared to the final survey. It was identified that the results of the physical activity significantly increased up to 97% in the participants. It is also important to mention that the educational program allowed the participants to achieve the objective of improving knowledge by 75% through the different techniques used, such as brainstorming, word search, didactic and expository workshops, group work, questions, and answers, enabling the achievement of the expected result with the study population.