Educational games: training of community healthcare agents on children's respiratory diseases

• Autor(a) principal: Andrade,Raquel Dully
• Data de Publicação: 2008
• Outros Autores: Mello,Débora Falleiros de, Scochi,Carmen Gracinda Silvan, Fonseca,Luciana Mara Monti
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Acta Paulista de Enfermagem (Online)
• Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-21002008000300010
• topic: Respiratory tract diseases; Health education; Community health aides/education; Child

OBJECTIVE: Evaluating the use of an educational game about children's respiratory diseases by community healthcare agents (CHAs) in the Family Health Program. METHODS: This is a descriptive, intervention study, with the application of the game to 101 CHAs in Passos-MG. The game was structured with cases of children and families and their respective answer sheets. For evaluation, a test about the topic was applied before and after the intervention. RESULTS: Correct answers in the test increased from 59.5% to 79.3% after participating in the game, which corresponds to a 20% increase. CONCLUSION: The increase in the CHA's knowledge, revealed after the intervention, indicates that the educational game is a satisfactory instrument for healthcare education.