Health education actions with focus on transmission of intestinal parasites more frequently in childhood
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Health education, Children school, Prevention, Intestinal parasitesAbstract
The present experience report deals with an extension project of the Biomedicine Course from the Federal University of Jataí, which was developed in the municipality of Jataí, State of Goiás, Brazil, with the objective of promoting health education for schoolchildren about intestinal parasites, an important public health issue in Brazil. Information pamphlets on the topic were distributed, as well as lectures, workshops, theaters, and games. A total of 698 students, enrolled from preschool to ninth grade, participated in the project. The actions were carried out in four municipal public schools, from January 2011 to December 2013. The students’ knowledge about intestinal parasites was estimated in a sample of 200 literate students; in two moments, initially, with 100 students before carrying out the health education actions (called uneducated group) and with another 100 students after the activities (educated group). The extension activities of this project allowed interactions between undergraduates in Biomedicine and students from kindergarten and elementary school, contributing to the formation of citizens with social responsibility based on reflection on the prophylaxis measures applied to intestinal parasites.
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