• Elsa Carolina Rojas-Ortiz, Vidal E Álvarez-Rodríguez, Hilda Gabriela León-Suazo, Arturo Baños-Sánchez, Patricia Trejo-Morales, and Demetrio Arturo Bernal-Alcántara.
• Western Zone Regional Delegation, Instituto de Seguridad y Servicios Sociales de los Trabajadores del Estado, City of Mexico, Mexico.
• Gac Med Mex. 2019 Jan 1; 155 (Suppl 1): S28-S34.

BackgroundThe promotion of health is carried out in preventive services of medical units, in educational programs and textbooks from the general perspective of the population.ObjectiveTo determine baseline characteristics of health education for pre-school children, their parents and teachers, by means of specialist doctors.MethodCross-sectional study of an educational program for preschool children. Life skills and health competencies were evaluated.ResultsThe preschoolers developed resilience (84.12%), empathy (92.23%), assertive communication (93.5%), interpersonal relationships (91.0%), correct decision making (92.56%), problem solving (81.05%), creative thinking (98%), critical thinking (86.08%), emotion management (80.76%), physical activation (97.94%), self-knowledge (98.96%), hygienic habits (94.90%) and co-responsibility (86.25%); 95.59% liked the workshop and 95.75% chose the correct option in the problems described. 63.04% of parents generated changes in their habits and those of their children.ConclusionThe educational program implemented can promote empowerment in health from childhood.Copyright: © 2019 Permanyer.

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