Health education for children: strategy to combat dengue

• Autor(a) principal: Abreu, Geraldo Junio
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Queiroz, Carla Maria, Soares, Fabiane Vieira, Fernandes, Israel Lucas dos Santos, Carvalho, Natália Alves de, Cruz, Brenda Linique Sousa da, Viana, Janyne Alves Silva Martins, Silva, Patrícia Pereira da, Gonçalves, Gleisy Kelly Neves
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Research, Society and Development
• DOI: 10.33448/rsd-v10i1.10864
• Texto Completo: https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/10864
• topic: Dengue; Children; Health education.; Dengue; Niños; Educación para la salud.; Dengue; Crianças; Educação em saúde.

Introduction: Dengue is a disease with compulsory notification and a threat to population health. The main strategy for its prevention and control is education and social participation. Objective: To promote health education as a strategy for awareness and prevention of dengue. Methodology: It is an exploratory quali-quantitative approach study. In this study, we used health educational activities with elementary school children in a state school located in a region with high rates of the disease in Belo Horizonte (northeast region). The effectiveness of educational activities was assessed through using pre- and post-intervention questionnaires. Results: The post-test results showed a considerable increase in the assertiveness of the questions in more than 50% of the participants, reinforcing the success of the interventions. Discussion: Conducting continuing education in a creative way, using dynamic methodologies in the school environment, improves the absorption and dissemination of content by children, so increasing efficiency in combating dengue. Conclusion: The study reached the child audience in a playful way, effectively promoting knowledge and such a strategy proves to be important in the dialogue and family responsibility in combating emerging diseases.