Tutorial para investigação de surtos da doença de Chagas na Região Amazônica

Abstract

Introduction and objectives: Society has been experiencing an increasingly faster and constant process of change, with the passing of time it is essential to re-discuss the teaching-learning processes that are necessary for the training of higher education professionals. it passes due to the knowledge of the profound changes that transpir in the contemporary world. Active methodologies have a concept of critical-reflective education, resulting in greater involvement on the part of the student in the search for knowledge Active methodologies in Health Education have been developed under different approaches, one of which is the Theory of Problematization, using the Arc de Mangarez, developed by Charles Mangarez and adapted by Bordenave, consists of the following steps: observation of reality, survey of key posts, theorizing, hypotheses for solution and application in reality. In this theory according to the arc, the path to be taken by the student starts from the situation of the observed social reality, which causes questioning, from which the conceptual framework that allows a theoretical analysis of the problem is drawn. The aim of the study was to develop a tutorial for investigating outbreaks from the problematization methodology. Methodology: The study used as a basis an outbreak of Chagas Disease transmitted orally, which occurred in 2007 in the municipalities of Breves and Bagre in the state of Pará, in order to exemplify, how the process of creating a form and base occurs using the Chagas Disease Outbreak Investigation Tutorial. He also linked the 10 steps of the outbreak investigation with the Arco de Maguerez methodology. The product: The final product is a Tutorial for Investigating Chagas Disease Outbreaks written on 11 pages in the Portuguese language, created from the Epi Info ™ platform, with the purpose of helping students from the health fields to collect their data and information in a more practical and usual way, from the ease that is the Epi Info application, and from that process they are able to elaborate statistical data, graphs and arrive at results quickly facilitating the result of a possible outbreak of Chagas Disease.