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Comics as a Physical Education Tool for Health Promotion in Brazilian Primary Education, Based on Paulo Freire’s Principles of Empowerment
Incorrect postural habits developed already at an early age are predictors of low back pain and functional limitations in adult life. Postural education programs (PEPs) are activities developed in Physical Education classes with the aim of promoting healthy habits. One tool used by PEPs is comics. T...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10527742/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37761536 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children10091575 |
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author | Nascimento, George Bernard Soares de Maio Nascimento, Marcelo de Araújo, Luciana Márcia Gomes Gouveia, Élvio R. Ihle, Andreas |
author_facet | Nascimento, George Bernard Soares de Maio Nascimento, Marcelo de Araújo, Luciana Márcia Gomes Gouveia, Élvio R. Ihle, Andreas |
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description | Incorrect postural habits developed already at an early age are predictors of low back pain and functional limitations in adult life. Postural education programs (PEPs) are activities developed in Physical Education classes with the aim of promoting healthy habits. One tool used by PEPs is comics. The objective of this study was to develop comics and apply them as a teaching tool in PEPs for students aged seven to ten years. The procedures were based on individual empowerment principles, including creation activities, reading, painting, crosswords, and discussion of comics. The activities strengthened the students’ interactions, gaining new knowledge that required cognitive and expressive resources to interpret, associate, and conceptualize themes of correct body posture. During six weeks of intervention, knowledge about body posture, anatomy, and health promotion exercises increased significantly in relation to the beginning of activities. The comic book proved to be an effective, attractive, and low-cost didactic resource. |
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spelling | pubmed-105277422023-09-28 Comics as a Physical Education Tool for Health Promotion in Brazilian Primary Education, Based on Paulo Freire’s Principles of Empowerment Nascimento, George Bernard Soares de Maio Nascimento, Marcelo de Araújo, Luciana Márcia Gomes Gouveia, Élvio R. Ihle, Andreas Children (Basel) Article Incorrect postural habits developed already at an early age are predictors of low back pain and functional limitations in adult life. Postural education programs (PEPs) are activities developed in Physical Education classes with the aim of promoting healthy habits. One tool used by PEPs is comics. The objective of this study was to develop comics and apply them as a teaching tool in PEPs for students aged seven to ten years. The procedures were based on individual empowerment principles, including creation activities, reading, painting, crosswords, and discussion of comics. The activities strengthened the students’ interactions, gaining new knowledge that required cognitive and expressive resources to interpret, associate, and conceptualize themes of correct body posture. During six weeks of intervention, knowledge about body posture, anatomy, and health promotion exercises increased significantly in relation to the beginning of activities. The comic book proved to be an effective, attractive, and low-cost didactic resource. MDPI 2023-09-19 /pmc/articles/PMC10527742/ /pubmed/37761536 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children10091575 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Nascimento, George Bernard Soares de Maio Nascimento, Marcelo de Araújo, Luciana Márcia Gomes Gouveia, Élvio R. Ihle, Andreas Comics as a Physical Education Tool for Health Promotion in Brazilian Primary Education, Based on Paulo Freire’s Principles of Empowerment |
title | Comics as a Physical Education Tool for Health Promotion in Brazilian Primary Education, Based on Paulo Freire’s Principles of Empowerment |
title_full | Comics as a Physical Education Tool for Health Promotion in Brazilian Primary Education, Based on Paulo Freire’s Principles of Empowerment |
title_fullStr | Comics as a Physical Education Tool for Health Promotion in Brazilian Primary Education, Based on Paulo Freire’s Principles of Empowerment |
title_full_unstemmed | Comics as a Physical Education Tool for Health Promotion in Brazilian Primary Education, Based on Paulo Freire’s Principles of Empowerment |
title_short | Comics as a Physical Education Tool for Health Promotion in Brazilian Primary Education, Based on Paulo Freire’s Principles of Empowerment |
title_sort | comics as a physical education tool for health promotion in brazilian primary education, based on paulo freire’s principles of empowerment |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10527742/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37761536 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children10091575 |
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