A educação ambiental como ferramenta na atuação profissional dos agentes de combate às endemias

Abstract

Endemic Disease Combat Agents are health mediators who carry out disease prevention activities, acting on the front line. Therefore, the present study aimed to analyze the performance of Endemic Disease Control Agents as Environmental Educators. For its development, methodological procedures were adopted based on a bibliographical research, discussing the theme of the use of environmental education as a tool by agents and instruction of the community to raise awareness and sensitivity to environmental issues, bringing in the results and discussions, twelve scientific articles who talk to each other about practical environmental education actions, the negative and positive points that agents and the community face. Finally, at the end of the study it was possible to conclude that Environmental Education in its forms of use has great relevance to reduce environmental problems that directly affect society, with other means of combat being also necessary.