Conhecimentos e atividade educativa sobre dengue : a perspectiva de estudantes e docentes de uma escola de educação profissional em Cuiabá, MT

Abstract

Among the health problems that have affected the Brazilian population, there is dengue, which requires control actions integrated and participatory. There are many factors involved in the growth of cases of Dengue in Brazil, among them we can mention the lack of investment in Environmental Education, disordered development of the city, the capitalist mode of life, increased mobility of the population and the influx of tourists. These factors eventually establishing opportunities for the virus and the vector of dengue is movements between municipalities, states and countries. Although many researches are taking place, there is little information on the perceptions and knowledge of the population about the disease in local and regional contexts.The consequences of an epidemic of this disease are felt in various social areas, such as the economy, education and health. Recognizing the possibility and importance of education as obtaining a healthier environment tool, this study aimed to evaluate the impact of an environmental education action on Dengue in students of a vocational education Cuiabá - MT to contribute in combating dengue, characterize the participant population, assess the level of knowledge they have about students and teachers dengue, developing educational action on dengue and check its impact on the level of knowledge about the disease. For this, she leaned on the survey of publications and questionnaires administered to students and teachers in a vocational education. As an educational activity, we applied a Game of Dengue, developed by the Inter-institutional Committee Dengue, Federal University of Mato Grosso and presentation of the main features of the disease and vectors. The results indicate that knowledge about the disease is superficial, the informational material available to them are insufficient to change behavior and that people are still with the mindset that the disease is not serious and that the changes do not occur because they believe not happen with them.