Concepções sobre saúde apresentadas por alunos em uma escola quilombola: um diagnóstico da literacia em saúde e as propostas curriculares em ciências

• Autor(a) principal: Souza, Cassiana dos Santos
• Data de Publicação: 2023
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UFS
• Texto Completo: https://ri.ufs.br/jspui/handle/riufs/18070
• topic: Ensino de ciências; Educação; Adolescentes; Crianças; Bem-estar; Infância; Saúde; Literacia em saúde; Infancy; Conceptions; Health literacy; Science teaching; CIENCIAS HUMANAS::EDUCACAO

Childhood is a stage of life of many discoveries and learning, it is at this time that children develop communication skills and skills to discuss different information. Due to these characteristics, it is possible to motivate them to take care of their health and to interpret information to increase their ability to make assertive health decisions. However, there are social factors that place many children in situations of vulnerability, among which we can highlight social factors such as culture and ethnic-racial aspects, which interfere with children's health concepts. Based on this assumption, this work aimed to analyze the conceptions about health presented by 5th grade students in a quilombola school in Simão Dias/SE; identify explanatory models of childhood health of school-age students in a quilombola school; recognize evidence of health literacy in childhood of 5th grade students in a quilombola school and analyze the propositions of the science curriculum for the cross-cutting theme of health. The present study was exploratory, with qualitative analysis, of the case study type. As a data analysis technique, Content Analysis (CA) proposed by Bardin was used, with the application of a questionnaire to recognize signs of literacy and a diagnosis of conceptions about health, through a drawing. 24 students participated in the research, with an age group between 9 and 12 years old. Thus, through the research, we can conclude that children still have reductionist conceptions about health, but understand the importance of health for their well-being, and the importance of prevention and health assessment for quality of life. They show evidence of health literacy and show potential for making decisions about health, which is why the role of school and Science Education in childhood is important in order to awaken in children a commitment to their body and mind and, consequently, to their life.