Banca de QUALIFICAÇÃO: BELMARA COELHO BARROS

Games in health education as a tool to support the Wolbito Project to fight diseases caused by Aedes aegypti

Arbviruses, Education, Games

Arboviruses are so named because part of their replication cycle occurs in insects, with the potential for the virus to be transmitted to humans or other animals through blood-sucking arthropods. The diseases caused by mosquito bites of great relevance to public health are mainly dengue, chigunha and zika. There are great difficulties and challenges to face the prevention of these diseases, given that the reasons are diverse and difficult to be controlled, such as deforestation, lack of basic sanitation, climate change, etc. In this context, the Wolbito project emerges, as an alternative to insufficient combat prevention methods, which includes education in this process. Thus, the general objective of this study is to develop educational games as a support tool for the “Wolbito na Escola” project to combat arboviruses. The methodology used will be the systematic review and meta-analysis to build the theoretical framework about the object of study. Expected result will be the systematic review, elaboration of a manual and the construction of games.