A educação em saúde para a prevenção a hanseníase no contexto escolar

Abstract

Although the right to health is ensured by the Federal Constitution and Health Education is a mandatory topic under National Curriculum Parameters, health issues are often overlooked when addressing the biology discipline. Currently, the state of Amazonas has high epidemiological rates of leprosy, a reality that could be transformed through educational measures in schools. In addition, there is a need for transformation in the way education is conducted in educational institutions, since they should encourage students to develop reflection and critical thinking so that they can build their own knowledge, not just reproduce decontextualized information. From this conception, a didactic sequence was elaborated based on the methodology of educating by Pedro Demo's research and the methodology of the three pedagogical moments described by Delizoicov and Angotti, focusing on health education for leprosy prevention. The results showed that working health education from the perspective of educating through research was indispensable to motivate students to actively participate in the class, therefore, to become subjects of the teaching and learning process. The present study is expected to contribute positively to the adoption of methodologies, that use research education, to address health education topics in the science or biology discipline