鈥淭o be and to behave, the health school鈥?is a health education program designed for primary school pupils in the Auvergne region in France whose targets are primary prevention of cardiovascular diseases and cancers. The program involves a three steps sequence: delivery of a teaching kit, intervention of a health bus, health olympiads. The health assessment focused on resources allocated (program content and functioning of tools created for the program), processes employed (number of schools voluntarily participating and number of pupils who effectively participated with the olympiads of the 鈥渉ealth鈥?bus), immediate impact (short-term knowledge acquired by pupils, by class, before the bus arrived and during the olympiads).
The program involved the participation of 28 schools, 90 classes and 2,137 children. The tools conceived were well adapted. Knowledge scores achieved in the different domains of the program fields progressed significantly for participating classes (p < 10鈭?) except for smoking where pupils鈥?knowledge was already good (baseline score = 14.42/20). This progression in knowledge was better in participating schools than in control schools (p < 0.05).
The program 鈥淭o be and to behave鈥?has enabled pupils to progress in their health knowledge. The present results are currently being considered for continuing the program.