Alternative for remote teaching of health promotion: an experience report

• Autor(a) principal: Santos, Geovana Ribeiro dos
• Data de Publicação: 2024
• Outros Autores: Romanowski, Francielle Nunes de Azevedo, Martorell, Leandro Brambilla, Franco, Lila Louise Moreira Martins, Reis, Liliane Braga Monteiro dos, Azevedo, Monarko Nunes de
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por; eng
• Título da fonte: Revista da ABENO (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://revabeno.emnuvens.com.br/revabeno/article/view/1851
• topic: Health Promotion; Health Education; COVID-19; Promoção da Saúde; Educação em Saúde; COVID-19; Promoción de la Salud; Educación en Salud; COVID-19

The authors evaluated the restructuring of teaching approaches for educators, students, the community, and health services in a dentistry program during the COVID-19 pandemic. Given the suspension of in-person activities, students from the dentistry program of the Evangelical University of Goiás used the Maguerez Arch method to observe some city regions, identify main health and social issues, and propose evidence-based solutions. These interventions aimed to address community needs using modified teaching approaches via remote educational tools to disseminate health principles. Short videos, tutorials, books, booklets, and manuals were developed using clear, accessible, and explanatory language and broadcasted via social networks and online lives. The community accessed these materials using cell phones and computers, although some individuals faced limitations due to a lack of access to these devices. Topics addressed in the materials included guidance on oral hygiene, healthy eating, the importance of physical activity, oral and systemic conditions and prevention, and individual guidance to cope with social isolation. During the pandemic, social isolation demanded the restructuring of teaching approaches, leading educators, students, the community, and health services to embrace digital technology, which posed the challenge of developing a problem-based education using dynamic and reflective approaches.