KNOWLEDGE OF PRIMARY AND SECONDARY GOVERNMENT SCHOOL CHILDREN IN URUTAÍ GO BRAZIL ON INTESTINE DISEASES

  • Guilherme Malafaia Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia Goiano - Campus Urutaí
  • Randys Caldeira Gonçalves
  • José Henrique Faleiro Instituto Federal Goiano - IF
  • André Luis da Silva Castro
  • Aline Sueli de Lima Rodrigues Instituto Federal Goiano - IF
Keywords: Gastrointestinal Diseases, Health, Students, Popular Knowledge

Abstract

The spreading of diseases of the intestine are frequently associated with the population´s lack of knowledge. Current analysis evaluates knowledge of students in the municipality of Urutaí GO Brazil on intestine diseases which cause a high percentage of hospitalizations in the municipality. Cholera, typhoid fever, paratyphoid fever, salmonellosis, botulism, amoebiasis, balantidiasis, giardiasis and enteritis by adenovirus were identified through the data bank of the National Health System Databank (DATASUS). Students were evaluated by questionnaires on the etiological agent, transmission, symptoms, mechanism of the agent, preventive and prophylactic measures and treatment of identified intestinal illnesses. Ninety-three students from primary and secondary government schools in Urutaí GO Brazil participated. Analysis showed that, as a rule, they were ignorant or knew very little on intestinal diseases which caused hospitalizations in the municipality. The development of education processes that would promote in the students the acquisition of knowledge for the diseases´ prevention and control is required.

Author Biographies

Guilherme Malafaia, Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia Goiano - Campus Urutaí
Docente do Departamento de Ciências Biológicas do Instituto Federal Goiano - IF Goiano, Câmpus Urutaí; Pesquisador do Núcleo de Pesquisa em Ciências Ambientais e Biológicas.
Randys Caldeira Gonçalves
Graduado em Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Goiás - UEG, Unidade de Quirinópolis; Docente da Rede Estadual de Ensino de Goiás; E-mail: randyscaldeira@gmail.com.
José Henrique Faleiro, Instituto Federal Goiano - IF
Discente do curso de Licenciatura em Química do Instituto Federal Goiano - IF Goiano, Câmpus Urutaí
André Luis da Silva Castro
Docente do Departamento de Ciências Biológicas do Instituto Federal Goiano - IF Goiano, Câmpus Urutaí; Pesquisador do Núcleo de Pesquisa em Ciências Ambientais e Biológicas
Aline Sueli de Lima Rodrigues, Instituto Federal Goiano - IF
Docente do Departamento de Gestão Ambiental do Instituto Federal Goiano - IF Goiano, Câmpus Urutaí; Pesquisadora do Núcleo de Pesquisa em Ciências Ambientais e Biológicas
Published
2013-06-17
Section
Artigos Originais