SuperSUS as a resource to innovate health communication

• Autor(a) principal: Farias, Lays Hevercia Silveira de
• Data de Publicação: 2023
• Outros Autores: Vasconcellos, Marcelo Simão de, Gomes, Elainne Christine de Souza, Sousa, Islândia Maria Carvalho de
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: RECIIS (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://www.reciis.icict.fiocruz.br/index.php/reciis/article/view/3388
• topic: Comunicação e saúde; Jogos de vídeo; Educação em saúde; Promoção da saúde; Sistema Único de Saúde; Communication and health; Video games; Health education; Health promotion; Unified Health System; Comunicación y salud; Juegos de video; Educación en salud; Promoción de la salud; Sistema Único de Salud

Considering that the knowledge of the right to health of the entire population should be stimulated among young people, with the purpose of strengthening health policies, in this area, this article bases on research that sought to analyse the potential of the SuperSUS (a serious game), through its use by young people from public schools, as a resource to achieve this goal. The exploratory research, with a qualitative approach, was carried out in two state schools in the Northeast Region of Brazil, from August 2019 to March 2020. Its results revealed a posteriori five thematic categories and 11 subcategories, which highlight some elements of the SuperSUS that facilitate communication about the SUS - Sistema Único de Saúde (Unified Health System). The limits and possibilities of using the SuperSUS to strengthen the Sistema Único de Saúde as a public policy were evidenced. In short, it proved to be dialogic, interactive, and elementary for the acquisition of knowledge, by the young people, about the public health system and the indispensable communication practices for its strengthening, thus confirming that digital technologies such as serious games can contribute to the success of this process.