791Health Promotion in High School curriculum: Brazil and Canada

Focus of Presentation Searching on documents about High School (or Secondary) education we found some differences in both curriculum, Brazil and Canada. High School in Brazil has three year (grade 10 to 12). In other hand, High School in Canada has four years (grade 9 to 12). The main focus of this work is a comparison about how “health promotion” appears in High School curriculum in Brazil and Ontario-CA, in especial at Physical Education curriculum. Findings In Brazilian High School, Physical Education curriculum is mandatory. However the key-words “health” appears 11 times in a federal document (Ministry of Education) with 241 pages. Key-words like “health promotion” appear one time and “social determinants” none. Ontario-CA have a Health and Physical Education curriculum. In this case, the key-words “health” appears more than 1000 times in a province document (Ministry of Education) with 224 pages. Key-words like “health promotion” appear 14 times and “social determinants” 3 times. Conclusions/Implications Text Physical Education curriculum in Brazil need to emphasize “health promotion” contents as a life condition and physical literacy and health literacy. Meantime, Ontario-CA curriculum show a few content about “social determinants” which is a core concept in “health promotion” studies. Key messages Text High School curriculum need emphasize “health promotion” and “social determinants” as a core concept for a physical literacy and health literacy.