Educational action as a care technology aimed at raising awareness of Sexually Transmitted Infections for Adolescents

Abstract

To report the experience of using educational technologies as a strategy to disseminate knowledge related to cervical cancer in order to promote measures to prevent cervical cancer. This is a descriptive study, type of experience report, carried out by nursing and medical students at a Private University in the city of Belém do Pará / Brazil about cervical cancer. Fifteen women aged between 25 and 70 years participated in the educational activity. It was noticed that during the waiting room, the women present were at all times attentive to the information passed on by the academics, however, the knowledge related to the theme is still very limited. In addition, it was observed that there was the construction of critical knowledge about cancer involvement, favoring the teaching and learning process. It was identified that the dissemination of information through health education achievements is fundamental, and the possibility of building critical and reflective thinking about cervical cancer is extremely important to prevent this pathology. It is worth mentioning the importance of actions aimed at preventing the disease through innovative technologies.