Abstract
Considering the substance use by children and adolescents, it is important to implement preventive actions in the school environment. Among them, there is the use of online courses to train the various actors who can be protagonists of the planed activities. This study presented and evaluated the Drug Use Prevention Course for Public School Educators. A total of 4,960 educators from Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, and Paraná participated and the sociodemographic characteristics of these, in addition to evaluation of aspects of satisfaction with the course and access to virtual learning tools were investigated. The profile of the participants was predominantly composed of women (85.8%) with a postgraduate degree (64.8%) and 35.2% reported having contact with the alcohol and drugs theme in the school context. Most participants approved the course (98.1%), indicating that the teaching method and strategies used were suitable to the qualified public.
Keywords:
drug abuse prevention; distance education; program evaluation
