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- Title
Uma abordagem sobre o uso de medicamentos nos livros didáticos de biologia como estratégia de promoção de saúde.
- Authors
Corrêa, Anderson Domingues; dos Reis Caminha, Juliana; de Souza, Cristina Alves Magalhães; Alves, Luiz Anastacio
- Abstract
The inappropriate use of medication represents a major threat to public health and drugs rank first among the agents causing intoxication in Brazil, ahead of poisons for rodents and insects, illegal drugs, pesticides, cleaning products and spoiled food. The National Curriculum of Secondary Education Parameters (PCN+) give major emphasis to health, since the reference to Drugs is mentioned repeatedly in the text. The scope of this research was to study the approaches to drug use in textbooks. For this purpose, eleven biology textbooks were analyzed, namely six single volumes and five with three volumes each, i.e. a total of twenty-one volumes. The rational use of medication should be considered an important topic for the promotion of health which affects all sectors of society and should be emphasized in basic education. In line with this idea and based on the results obtained, it is suggested that the textbooks analyzed should be adapted to the new legislation and content that addresses Rational Drug Use, thus meeting the recommendations of PCN+. In this context, the books should concisely address the following topics: self-medication, adherence to drug treatment, advertisements and reports on drugs, among others.
- Subjects
DRUG abuse; HEALTH promotion; BIOLOGY textbooks; SECONDARY education; ALCOHOLISM; PUBLIC health
- Publication
Revista Ciência & Saúde Coletiva, 2013, Vol 18, Issue 10, p3071
- ISSN
1413-8123
- Publication type
Article