University extension

experience report of an interdisciplinary work between health and education

Abstract

This work aims to share the experiences developed in an interdisciplinary extension project, which involves professors and undergraduates from the courses pharmacy, nutrition, biological sciences and pedagogy, at the Catholic University Dom Bosco, Campo Grande, State of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. The project is called “Strategies for Education and Child Health” and its main objective is to develop, through playful and formative actions, the promotion of health and well-being of children up to 12 years old. The project was created in 2004 and during the year 2019 it served four institutions, one of which is a public education school in the public network, two schools in the private network and a social project, in which children and women in vulnerable situations are served. The development of the project has made it possible to expand the academic and personal training of academics and teachers involved in the actions, in addition to contributing to the institutions served, allowing children, teachers, parents and family members of the children who attend the four institutions served, access to information, development of actions and activities that enable better living conditions and well-being.