Introduction:

Health promotion is a practice of social action implemented with cooperation between health and educations institutions and civil society. This practice has the aim of instructing and empowering population, in relation to heath practice. Therefore, school has become a place for development of actions in attempt to change society’s life style.

Objective:

To analyze health promotion intervention programs in physical education classes, in Brazil, reported in literature.

Methods:

A integrative review and a literature analysis were performed regarding the health promotion in Brazilian schools. BVS/LILACS y MEDLINE databases were comprised. The same descriptors, in Portuguese and English, related to physical education, were used: Health Promotion (Promoção da Saúde) AND school (Escola) AND Physical Education (Educação Física). Search was restricted to Brazil, in attempt to locate the scientific production in this country (maximum age of 18 yrs old). Conclusion: School presents itself to be responsible for several transformations in life style. Therefore, the use of it as a space for health education programs seems to be a viable strategy. However, studies with longer duration are needed to attain more conclusive results.

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