Participative development of educational technology in the HIV/Aids context

Abstract

Introduction: HIV represents a continuous and unstable world wide phenomenon, with different forms of occurrence, depending on individual and collective behavioral determinants. AIDS stands out among infectious diseases, due to the amplitude and
extent of damage caused, in addition to the high mortality. The individual living with the disease has a great impact on their lives, in the biological, personal and social spheres, leading to changes that require daily management and readaptation. Thus, in the health educational work process with these individuals, there is the possibility of building and spreading knowledge and life health practices. Objective: to build with health professionals an educational technology to mediate the health education process in the HIV/AIDS context. Method: a qualitative research in which data collection used the focus group technique, with use of a guide script composed of questions related to the presentation and content of the technology. Eight health professionals attending individuals living with HIV/AIDS in a reference unit in Belém-Pará participated. Data were subjected to thematic analysis. Results: the technology developed was a booklet entitled "Tips for Living Well". The themes that emerged concern the forms of transmission, diagnostic tests, monitoring, personal,
environmental and food hygiene, and healthy eating. Conclusion: educational technology was built, in its form and content, with health professionals. It emerged from their daily practices and showed potential use in health services to mediate the HIV/AIDS health education work process.