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Playroom: Health promotion in vector diseases integrating axis in the face of student dropout Nursing career University of Guayaquil

Abstract:

Vector Diseases, promote the social responsibility of Higher Education institutions, sensitizing the student in training, to wards the promotion of health in attention to the most vulnerable populations. The design of bioeducational materials as an activity associated with the Playroom that allowsus to offer an integrative action in the face of student desertion from the university sector, who when facing maternity / paternity during their schooling run the risk of abandoning their careers. Neither the universities nor the State have infrastructure, policies, statutes that allow them to provide the necessary support. Therefore, when determining the desertion of university mothers / fathers from the Nursing career of the University of Guayaquil, it was proposed to verify the implementation of the Playroom as an integrating axis that, from the health promotion, addresses student desertion. A quantitative, experimental study was carried out, with a descriptive approach and a retrospective cohort. The sample consisted of 169 registered students. A frequency distribution of 24% graduates, 43% dropouts and 34% repeaters was observed; within the group of repeaters, the most frequent cause was child care in 31%. The percentage of willingness to use the playroom service was 90%, with 73% acceptance of the design of bioeducational materials for the prevention of vector diseases, resulting in dengue with an incidence of 87% as a theme. Similarly, 84% of the drop outs would resume their studies. In conclusion, a Playroom constitutes an integrating axis of health promotion in vector diseases, reducing the dropout rate of university mothers / fathers.