Content analysis about sickle cell disease in biology high school textbooks

• Autor(a) principal: Monteiro, Adriano de Souza Santos
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: El-Hani, Charbel Nino, Lordêlo, Maurício Santana, Couto, Ricardo David, Couto, Fábio David
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Alexandria (Florianópolis)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/alexandria/article/view/74636

This study used content analysis methods to investigate the approach to sickle cell disease (SCD) in Brazilian high school biology textbooks (BT). The results showed the necessity of reappraising information provided by the textbooks in order to avoid stigmatization and the perpetuation of concepts that interfere with the cultural heritage of individuals living with SCD. Despite the high frequency of the allele codifying S-hemoglobin in Brazil, epidemiologic data about the mutation were not found in the BTs. Moreover, concepts about self-care, life quality and expectancy of people with SCD need to be revisited by the textbooks. Since the BTs are one of the most accessible means of information used by students in Brazilian public schools, including those with SCD, updating the information provided is needed in view of novel knowledge that has impacts over the understanding of SCD and individuals’ perceptions about it, both those living and not living with SCD.