STRATEGIES TO COMBAT DENGUE THROUGH HEALTH EDUCATION: AN INTEGRATIVE REVIEW

• Autor(a) principal: Silva, Ivanise Brito da
• Data de Publicação: 2015
• Outros Autores: Mallmann, Danielli Gavião, Vasconcelos, Eliane Maria Ribeiro de
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Saúde (Santa Maria)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ufsm.br/revistasaude/article/view/10955

This study aimed to analyze, in the literature, what health education strategies are being used to control / combat dengue in Brazil. This is an integrative review developed in databases MEDLINE and LILACS and libraries SciELO and Cochrane, through crossing descriptors Dengue and Health Education. It was found five publications, of which emerged two thematic categories: Models and strategies used in health education and Problems identified in the process of health education. Programs to combat dengue present a model of verticalized, traditional, centered on the transmitter education, which uses unattractive strategies, with the need for changes in current education practices, replacing them with a way that promotes community participation. The articles presented as solution to the failures of the health education the development of strategies that prioritize popular participation and promote integral care.  Descriptors: Dengue; Health Education; Public Health.