Educative strategy for the prevention of Tuberculosis in 8th grade students

The investigation deals with a study about the pedagogical prevention of Tuberculosis in 8th grade students from Omupanda School, Cunene province, Angola. The insufficiencies in the prevention of the pathology already mentioned was the principal problema, so that the aim was to elaborate an educative strategy for the prevention of Tuberculosis in order to achieve changes upon the inadequate lifestyles of the 8th grade adolescent students. Theoretical and empirical methods were used in this research. The main results were: the lack of knowledge about the disease, the insufficient activities to prevent it, inappropriate lifestyles, the insufficient preparation of professors about the theme and the lack of prevention of a pedagogical caracter.