Uso de jogos didáticos na promoção da saúde sobre parasitoses intestinais em escolares

Abstract

Parasitic disease or parasitosis is an infectious disease caused by a protozoan or metazoan parasite, not belonging to age group, color, ethnicity or social condition, as parasitic diseases do not select and need proportional environments to complement their life cycle, thus returning essential that there is good basic sanitation, medical care, without rescuing an effective methodology in promoting basic education. The presente work aims to report a health education experience carried out with a teacher and students from a public elementar school in the mucnicipality of Pedro II, in the interior of the state of Piauí, Northeast region of Brazil. The objective of the reported practice was the prevention of prevalente parasites and the discussion of the responsibilities of teaches and education professionals. First, a pre-test was administered wtih questions to check the students’ prior knowledge regarding two intestinal parasitic infections. Soon after, a dialogued expository class was held and two educational games were administered and then a post-test. The post-test results were higher than the pre-test. The games created aroused interest, curiosity and interaction among students, being considered effective teaching tools.