Suchergebnisse

As propostas de políticas de saúde para a população negra têm uma história recente no cenário político brasileiro, com um destaque especial para o Programa Nacional de Anemia Falciforme (PAF). Esse programa é o resultado das ações políticas do movimento negro em prol do reconhecimento da anemia falciforme como uma doença prevalente na população negra brasileira. No seio dessa ação política foram elaborados discursos sobre a anemia falciforme que ressaltam, a partir de pressupostos biológicos e epidemiológicos, o caráter racial dessa doença. O propósito deste artigo é criticar tais pressupostos, enfatizando as implicações éticas decorrentes da racialização das doenças.

A demanda por cursos a distância entre os profissionais que trabalham em tempo parcial ou integral e que necessitam de atualizações contínuas em uma modalidade de aprendizagem conveniente, flexível, acessível, disponível a qualquer tempo e lugar defronta-se com barreiras à permanência dos alunos nesses cursos e, consequentemente, com altas taxas de evasão. O destaque dado à evasão e as razões para a sua ocorrência decorrem, em grande medida, da expansão da educação online e sua associação à qualidade dos processos de aprendizagem em ambientes virtuais. Entretanto, a diversidade de modelos teóricos utilizados, a extensa lista de variáveis apontadas como preditoras e o número expressivo de investigações que apresentam resultados divergentes acerca das causas da evasão sinalizam para o caráter complexo e multidimensional desse fenômeno. Esse artigo de revisão tem como metas discutir os diferentes conceitos e modelos teóricos e as variáveis identificadas como preditoras nos estudos sobre abandono em ambientes virtuais, bem como assinalar as estratégias para reduzi-la.

The objective of this paper is to report the main features of a tool to manage virtual communities in the interaction processes, the conditions that favored or limited the construction of knowledge and how this practice occurred in virtual communities on a public federal level institution. The data were collected through semi-structured interviews with mediators and users of these environments. In the virtual communities studied, it was found that the initial proposal of creating a space for discussion and interaction was replaced by activities of information repository and administrative support. The use and purpose of this application was affected by both technical aspects and by the actions of its users. The mediation was absent from the learning spaces and the interaction was tied to the perception of usefulness of the tool. The challenge posed to the virtual communities coordinators is the conversion of these environments in collaborative workspaces.

Comunicación oral presentada en la Segunda Conferencia Internacional de Comunicación en Salud, celebrada el 23 de octubre de 2015 en la Universidad Carlos III de Madrid ; Considering scientific journalism in the Brazilian context as a reference, this work intends to question the hegemonic concepts, structures and practices of visibility of Science and Technology (S&T) in the Health field. In an exploratory study based on literature review, we discussed central concepts as health, S&T, scientific communication, scientific publication, publicization, visibility, access and use of information. The discussion focuses the conceptual tension regarding the actors involved with their interests, strategies and logics. In addition to the usual issues related to the conflicts between journalists and researchers, speeches and languages, a number of other ones was identified, including: the advertising and marketing actions and strategies of pharmaceutical and other industries; the press, sponsorship and paid editorial content interfering on the media despite the journalistic and social merit; the 'war strategy' in the dissemination of S&T focusing the specialized media and editorials at the expense of 'guerrilla'; personal and individual interests of researchers, journalists and health professionals spokespersons of organizations; the roles assumed and non-assumed by the government, private sector and civil society. Behind such questions, a conceptual and ideological framework seems to outline the need to deepen a critical analysis perspective considering scientific journalism in a social, cultural, political, economic and ideological view. A context where power, ethics, logic and interests should guide the thinking about the publicization, 'How to make visible?'; visibility 'What does 'visible' mean?'; and access, 'Who accesses what, indeed?'.