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The "comic book" as an instrument for health promotion and drug abuse prevention: report on the experience of multiprofessional residents in Family Health
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Keywords

Comics
Health in School Program
Health promotion
Multiprofessional team
Primary Health Care

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The "comic book" as an instrument for health promotion and drug abuse prevention: report on the experience of multiprofessional residents in Family Health. (2019). Electronic Journal Collection Health, 20, e406. https://doi.org/10.25248/reas.e406.2019

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Abstract

Objective: To report the experience of multiprofessional residents in Family Health on an educational and preventive activity regarding the use of alcohol, tobacco and other drugs, using the educational comic book, in a municipal school in the periphery of Belém-PA. Experience report: The multiprofessional residence in Family Health operates in an intersectoral way. One of the action scenarios is the school environment, through the Health in School Program (HSP). Thus, residents carried out a health promotion action with 5 (five) classes of "Fundamental Minor" (1st to 5th year of the first school year) of a municipal school of the public network of Belém-PA on the prevention of alcohol abuse , tobacco and other drugs. To approach the theme, a playful and interactive methodology was used through the reading and discussion of an educational comic book by the cartoonist Maurício de Sousa, entitled "Turma da Mônicaem: Uma história que precisaterfim" Conclusion: The use of the educational comic as a playful instrument, in that scenario, extended the universe of possibilities to reach the target audience in an effective way. Allied to this, the use of the proposed methodology contributing positively to the implementation of the work process and the quality in the training of the residents in Family Health, strengthening and facilitating intersectorial action for the promotion and prevention of health.

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