Abstract

SOARES JUNIOR, Azemar dos Santos  and  CURY, Cláudia Engler. Health culture: hygiene program in schools of Paraíba State (1913-1942). Rev. Educ. Questão [online]. 2016, vol.54, n.42, pp.246-274. ISSN 1981-1802.  https://doi.org/10.21680/1981-1802.2016v54n42ID10960.

This article aims to discuss the medical guidelines for health education in general and hygiene education in specific, addressed to students, teachers and employees of the public and private schools of the State of Paraíba between the years of 1913 to 1942. The work, based on the articles of the Journals of Education and the newspaper A União was guided by the theoretical-methodological understanding of Afrânio Peixoto (1925) in which the evolution history of health education and hygiene is revealed in the course of the history of civilization. During this period, the state enacted the mandatory adoption of the "Health Education Program" where the teacher's duty would ensure the natural development of children under the points of view of physical, mental, social and moral health aimed at bringing together doctors, teachers , students and family in defense of the formation of a healthy citizen, strong, vigorous and committed to his nation.

Keywords : Health education program; Health education; Hygiene.

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