School Agroecology and health-related quality of life to adolescents

Abstract

The study aimed to evaluate the contribution of school agroecology to the quality of life related to health of adolescents of a school of Cordoba, Argentina. Feasibility study. It was a study quasi- experimental whit control group carried out in a middle-level public school. The sample consisted of 58 adolescents in the intervention group and 77 in the control group. After the intervention increased consumption of agro-ecological food (from 26% to 74% p<0,05). Changes were detected in acquired knowledge about agroecology in the classroom level going from 37% to 63% (p< 0,05). Positive changes detected in awareness with the environment and relationship (p<0,05). It was evidenced that the implementation of school agroecology can provide resolutive contributions to some of the problems the health related quality of life of adolescents.

Keywords

• adolescentes
• escuela
• calidad de vida
• agroecología