Educação ambiental com vistas a um trânsito saudável

Resumo (EN)

Objective – To promote the use of the sympathetic shared transportation by mediating the contact between drivers and passengers (lift giver and hitch-hiker), in such a way that it would become safer for both parties; by showing the importance of the sympathetic free ride for the improvement of both health and environment; and to identify the reasons that make people adhere or not to the sympathetic car ride proposal. Methods – It is research of quali-quantitative approach where the instrument was a questionnaire previously pretested containing open and closed questions in a total of six with 2 parts, A and B with optional student participation. The study populationwas composed of 35 students from the Graduate “Interdisciplinary Specialization in Public Health” class 2009, the School of Public Health, University of São Paulo, of both sexes, older than 30 years and less than 55 years and who agreed to answer the questionnaire. Results – All the participants expressed concern with the environment, which should guarantee the survival of not only the human beings but also all the living beings up to future generations. Most of them had already heard about the car ride pooling proposal, but they had never signed up to join in. However, they showed to be fearful of adhering to the proposal for safety matters. Only two people showed to be confident and interested in living through this experience. Education is still considered to be the best way in order that these changes occur, and then that there is a change in people’s behavior from there.