The Games and popular health education

A bibliographic review of educational games in the context of the covid-19 pandemic

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https://doi.org/10.47385/praxis.v14.n27.3944

Abstract

The present study sought to define how games aimed at health promotion in the face of Covid-19 in Brazil dialogue with the concept of health present in Popular Education practices. An integrative review of the articles that described the games related to pandemic was carried out, performing a qualitative synthesis of them. After searching the databases, 12 works were included for the qualitative synthesis and 18 games were identified. There was a predominance of games focused on the transmission of information, restricted to biological aspects. However, we found that the games “Vampyr” and “Jornada X-Operação Antivirus” adopted the ideia of health associated with the conception of Popular Education and the games “Covid-19 - Did you know?” and “Plague Inc.” presented the two types of conception. By analyzing each game in detail, it was possible to verify that most games with an exclusively health focus could be adapted to a Popular Health Education approach. Our observations contribute to the understanding strategies based on health promotion practices can be easily assimilated to health games, depending only on the clarity of those who develop and/or apply such games regarding the adopted concept of health and its intention.

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Author Biographies

Andréia Guerra Pimentel, Programa de Pós-graduação em Ciências e Biotecnologia

Graduated in Biological Sciences from the State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ) - 2009. Master in Diversity and Inclusion (UFF/RJ) - 2017. Doctoral Student in Science and Biotechnology (UFF/RJ, Start: 2018). Specialist in Technological Education at the Federal Center for Technological Education Celso Suckow da Fonseca (CEFET/RJ) - 2012. Specialist in EaD Planning, Implementation and Management (UFF/RJ) - 2015. Specialist in Environmental Management Universidade Norte do Paraná (UNOPAR) - 2015.

Valquiria Moura Leôncio de Albuquerque, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

Graduated in Biological Sciences - Plant Biology at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. Currently, she is a licentiate in Biological Sciences at the same university. Intern in the Didactic Materials project at the Fundão Biology Project. She worked in the preservation of the historical collection of 30 years of existence of the first extension project of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, in addition to producing recreational material to help science teachers in elementary and high schools. She was part of the Taxonomy and Ethnobotany Laboratory at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. She has experience in Botany, with an emphasis on Phanerogamous Taxonomy and Ethnobotany.

Mônica Marxsen de Aguiar Rocha, Programa de Pós-graduação em Ensino em Biociências e Saúde

Degree in Biological Sciences from UFF. Studying an academic master's degree in the Post-Graduation in Teaching in Biosciences and Health (PGEBS) at Fiocruz, with the project entitled "Scientific denialism in focus: development of actions in popular health education in initial health education". Biology Teacher at Pre ENEM Popular Iara Iavelberg and Pre-ENCCEJA Paulo Freire since 2017. She works at the Maricá Education Department, in the Environmental Education nucleus, developing booklets and documents that are made available to schools in the network, in addition to assisting in the production of school curricula and promote Environmental Education activities in the municipality.

Ana Paula Massadar Morel, Faculdade de Educação da Universidade Federal Fluminense

Adjunct Professor at the Faculty of Education of the Fluminense Federal University (UFF). PhD in Social Anthropology from the National Museum (UFRJ), where she carried out research on autonomous education in the Zapatista movement. She worked as an educator and researcher in the area of Education and Health at the Escola Politécnica de Saúde Joaquim Venâncio (EPSJV) at Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ). Her main areas of interest are: Popular Education in Health, Anthropology and Education and Social Movements and Autonomy.

Carolina Nascimento Spiegel, Depto Biologia Celular e Molecular Universidade Federal Fluminense

Bachelor in Genetics (1998) and Licentiate in Biological Sciences from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (2001). Both the master's (2001) and the doctorate (2005) were carried out in the postgraduate course in Cellular and Molecular Biology at the Instituto Oswaldo Cruz/Fiocruz. She is currently an associate professor and coordinator of the Degree in Biological Sciences at Universidade Federal Fluminense. She works in the line of research related to insect vectors and Chemical Ecology. She has experience in the field of Morphology, with an emphasis on Cytology and Cell Biology. She works in the research line of Cooperative and Investigative Games in Science Teaching and teacher training. She participates in the postgraduate course in Teaching Biosciences and Health at the Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.

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Published

2022-08-11

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Vol. 14 No. 27 (2022): Revista Práxis

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Artigos