Atividades lúdicas no ensino de saúde direcionadas para doenças de veiculação hídrica com alunos do Ensino fundamental em Alagoas

Abstract

This research was developed to analyze the level of knowledge of students from two classes of 6th grade at a public school in the municipality of Atalaia, Alagoas, on waterborne diseases, because this is prevalence region of these diseases. We chose to work with the following diseases including Cholera, Diarrheal Diseases (Amoebiasis and Giardiasis), Schistosomiasis, Hepatitis A and Leptospirosis, with activities divided into three stages. The first step aimed to analyze the students'prior knowledge through the objective questions about these diseases. The second step was to ascertain the level of knowledge acquired by students after a lecture, also through the use of questionnaire. The last step aimed to verify the level of knowledge acquired by students from the use of a digital game. The results show that the first and second stage of the research most students were unaware of the diseases in question, the modes of transmission and prevention, as well as transmitting agents. Thus, based on these data, it was concluded that there was need to improve teacher training focused on the development of educational practices in school health. This practice also sought to promote the prevention of such diseases and general health, thus aiding the prevention and the consequent reduction in the number of cases involving students and families. In the third stage the data showed that after the application of the game, there was an increase in the number of correct answers by the students of both classes, as the questions about waterborne diseases. It can thus prove the positive contribution of the use of educational games in teaching-learning for elementary education students.