Construyendo Salud [Building your Health]

General description

“Construyendo Salud” (C.S.) is a universal oriented MULTI-component intervention that aims to prevent teenagers from starting using drugs or developing any other type of problematic behaviour in their early adolescence. The C.S. project is based on ten years of research experience focused on the design, rigorous assessment and broadening of a prevention programme aimed at the first stages of adolescence.

One of the most relevant characteristics of the C.S. project is the integration of its school and family components. Combining both components very satisfactory results can be achieved. It is the great potential of this joint work of school children and their families what makes “Construyendo Salud” so different from other school intervention programmes.

Target group

School children in their last Primary School year or in the first two years of Secondary School (11-14 years old) and their families.

Development and implementation process of the “Construyendo Salud” Programme

The course of the “Construyendo Salud” Programme starting from its origins ten years ago has been a long and, in our opinion, fruitful one. The following table shows the most relevant steps made by the research group to develop all materials that make up the C.S. programme in the present.