Educational Intervention in the Postural Hygiene of School-Age Children Menor Rodríguez, María José Rodríguez Blanque, Raquel Montiel Troya, María Cortés Martín, Jonathan Aguilar Cordero, Josefa Sánchez García, Juan Carlos Educational intervention Children Postural hygiene Children's health Introduction: Healthy lifestyle habits formed in childhood provide the foundation for a healthy adult life; therefore, it is important to encourage healthy habits and to correct poor habits from an early age. Aim: In this study, we aim to evaluate the influence of educational intervention in order to modify postural hygiene habits in school-age children. Materials and methods: We randomly selected three public primary education schools in the Galician provinces of Orense and Pontevedra based on stratified multistage sampling. A sample of 479 students was obtained, representing 2% of all 6- to 12-year-old children registered during the 2015/2016 academic year in those provinces. Results: Following the intervention, the students’ postural hygiene improved. We found statistically significant differences regarding a reduction in the number of hours spent watching television (0.531 h/day); the way school books and supplies were carried, with an increase in the use of backpacks with wheels (from 58.5% to 64.1%); and an improvement in postural hygiene when watching television, with an increase from 63.7% to 80.8% of those surveyed opting to watch television whilst seated on a chair instead of lying down. Conclusions: Educational intervention by inculcating healthy postural hygiene habits in children at an early age can improve and correct unhealthy behaviours. 2022-06-24T09:58:11Z 2022-06-24T09:58:11Z 2022-05-06 info:eu-repo/semantics/article Menor-Rodríguez, M.J... [et al.]. Educational Intervention in the Postural Hygiene of School-Age Children. Healthcare 2022, 10, 864. [https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10050864] http://hdl.handle.net/10481/75641 10.3390/healthcare10050864 eng http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Atribución 3.0 España MDPI