Health education workshops with children in the context of COVID-19 pandemic

Abstract

Objective: Describe the experience of extension activities in the prevention of COVID-19 with children from public school system. Methods: Experience report of critical and reflexive approach on the extension experience of the project “Healthcare at School” (Atenção à Saúde na Escola), in the COVID-19 pandemic context, in a countryside town in the State of Goias, in March 2020. Results: It is carried out five hand sanitizing workshops as a prevention for COVID-19 with 57 children from 2 to 5 years old in the State of Goias. Final Considerations: The playful approach in a low-cost workshop format was a strategy to meet an emergency requirement of the Community in the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.

How parents share and limit their child’s access to information about COVID-19: A mixed methods online survey study

“…The statements from parents indicate that those who chose to share COVID-19 information with their children, used playful strategies, filtering of information and age-appropriate adaptation, as reported in previous studies ( Bubadué et al, 2020 ; Radhakrishnan et al, 2020 ; Thampi et al, 2020 ). Guidance from UNICEF related to discussing information about the pandemic advises parents to ask their children open questions, listen to the answers, provide truthful information, use age-appropriate language, watch their children’s reactions, show sensitivity to their anxiety levels and close conversations with care ( UNICEF, 2020 ).…”

Estratégias dos Projetos de Extensão Frente à Pandemia da COVID-19 / Extension Project Strategies in the Face of the COVID-19 Pandemic

“…Para Bubadué et al (6) , o teleatendimento é um meio de fácil acesso e manuseio, onde os atendimentos costumam durar ainda mais, além de possibilitar a maior frequência de consultas em virtude de não envolver recursos como transporte, necessidade de espaço físico, tendo também horários mais flexíveis. Por isso, a Telessaúde pode ser descrita como a próxima grande fronteira na prestação eficiente e eficaz de cuidados de saúde, sendo responsável por reduzir significativamente o número de consultas perdidas e desistências, aumentando potencialmente a adesão ao tratamento e a eficiência dos serviços de saúde (4) .…”

“…Outra alternativa é a experiência de um projeto de extensão que utilizou as redes sociais para divulgar, por meio da música, a forma correta de realizar a higiene das mãos durante a pandemia da COVID-19 (6) . Reafirmando, assim, a importância dos projetos de extensão como ferramentas na mediação de informações científicas em diversos contextos.…”

The role of educating health-care personnel in prevention, diagnosis, or treatment of COVID-19: A narrative mini review

“…Bubadué et al conducted workshops aimed at teaching hand sanitization strategies to children due to being the important sector of the society and because their actions might have an impact on the public health. [ 46 ]…”