Interfaces - Revista de Extensão da UFMG
A Interfaces – Revista de Extensão da UFMG é o periódico editorado Pró-Reitoria de Extensão da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (Proex/UFMG) dedicada aos estudos extensionistas desenvolvidos nos contextos nacional e internacional. Objetiva contribuir com análises e reflexões sobre os fundamentos, os conceitos, as experiências extensionistas e suas repercussões, buscando fortalecer o diálogo Universidade-Sociedade. Como desdobramentos da publicação, a UFMG espera contribuir com os processos de formação acadêmica e cidadã, com a democratização do conhecimento, com a ampliação dos direitos sociais assim como com o desenvolvimento de políticas públicas fundamentadas no diálogo com as questões sociais contemporâneas. A Interfaces é um periódico de acesso aberto, não sendo cobrada nenhuma taxa para os autores e tão pouco para leitores. O periódico adota a Licença Creative Commons Atribuição 4.0 Internacional atribuição CC BY.
Em outubro de 2025, a equipe da Revista Interfaces entrevistou Elisa Porto Marques, doutoranda da Escola de Arquitetura da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais e integrante do projeto Lembra: isto é rio. A entrevista apresenta o projeto, desdobra suas ações em torno das águas na Região Metropolitana de Belo Horizonte, bem como a importância de repensar o imaginário político e social sobre a presença das águas nas cidades. "[...] É preciso enfrentar a ideia, ainda muito presente, de que a convivência com as águas na cidade não é possível. Falta uma cultura política que repense radicalmente o entendimento de cidade. Muitas vezes o primeiro argumento usado para negar essa possibilidade é a falta de recursos, como se fosse uma impossibilidade material. Isso nos leva ao que consideramos o ponto principal: o impacto social e simbólico. O que temos tentado — sem uma resposta pronta, claro — é construir contra-argumentos que mostrem que a dificuldade não é material ou econômica, e sim política: uma questão de cultura urbana, de mudança de prioridades e de abertura à transformação."
Copyright (c) 2025 Elisa Porto Marques , Núbia Vitória Moreira Diniz
Teaching-Research-Extension Indissociability:
This experience report analyzes how the constitutional principle of indissociability between teaching, research, and extension is materialized in concrete university practices, taking as a case study the continuous extension project “Serviço reflexivo" for men referred by the Specialized Court for Domestic and Family Violence Against Women from the municipality of Rondonópolis-MT (3ª edition) (SER). The objective is to understand how the articulation of these three academic dimensions enhances professional training, knowledge production, and the social impact of public universities. Methodologically, systematic monitoring of reflective groups conducted between 2021 and 2025 was employed. The analysis demonstrates that SER integrates: teaching, through continuous training of facilitators and participation of undergraduate and graduate students; research, through two scientific initiation projects and three master's dissertations; and extension, via direct assistance for men referred by the Specialized Court for Domestic Violence. The results show that indissociability not only enriches each dimension individually, but establishes a cycle in which extension practice feeds research, which qualifies teaching and generates knowledge that feeds back and improves extension itself. It is concluded that projects structured under this principle amplify the transformative role of the university and demonstrates the relevance of institutional policies that foster truly integrated and replicable initiatives in other areas of university action.
Teaching-research-extension indissociability
Copyright (c) 2025 George Moraes De Luiz, Myllena Oliveira Portela, Samuel Barros Rodrigues
In this article, we intend to reflect on the concept of university extension from our experience of doing research-extension in post-graduate studies. To do this, we will present an overview of the history of extension in Brazilian universities, especially the recent policies to promote extension in post-graduate studies and their repercussions for the production of science. From there, we will present the extension program and the functions we have built for the figure of the post-graduate extensionist. Afterwards, we will reflect on the production of master's research articulated with extension, highlighting the creation of a research-extensionist methodology, indicating that, in the field-theme of prison, based on penal abolitionism, there was an opening for the production of knowledge committed to social transformation in the sense of guiding a project of societies without prisons. In our final remarks, we point to the importance of the inseparability between research and extension - and the need to advance this articulation with the pillar of teaching - highlighting the post-graduate sphere, as a potential for carrying out militant research engaged with the notion of praxis and social transformation.
Copyright (c) 2025 Guilherme dos Santos Azevedo Cardoso, Carolyne Reis Barros
This essay aims to present and reflect on the lessons learned from offering the course "Special Topics in Methodology: Extension, Research, and Graduate Studies," taught in the graduate programs in Scientific and Cultural Dissemination and the Interdisciplinary Program in Applied Human and Social Sciences, both at the University of Campinas (Unicamp). The creation of the course, which has been offered three times, resulted from efforts to promote extension-related actions and reflections within graduate education, in the context of the mandatory inclusion of extension activities in undergraduate curricula. This requirement was established in 2018 with the publication of Resolution CES/CNE No. 7/2018, which set the guidelines for extension in Brazilian higher education. This essay begins by presenting and contextualizing Paulo Freire’s classic work Extension or Communication?. Building on this foundation, it offers a critical reading of the text in dialogue with bell hooks, particularly her chapter “Paulo Freire” from the book Teaching to Transgress. In the concluding remarks, I share brief reflections on the experience of integrating extension into graduate curricula, exploring how a critical reading of Freire can open new pathways for rethinking contemporary challenges of epistemic justice in the intersection of research, graduate education, and extension.
Extension as a Scenario for Postgraduate Training in Dentistry
The Extension Project “Dental care for patients with head and neck cancer” was founded in 2002 at the School of Dentistry of UFMG. Its target audience is head and neck cancer patients linked to the Brazilian Unified Health System (SUS) who require specialized dental care throughout their cancer treatment. Therefore, the Extension Project meets a demand from society, with the premise of practicing interdisciplinary dentistry based on scientific evidence. Undergraduate and postgraduate dentistry students care patients jointly at various stages of their training. The Extension Project is the setting for postgraduate disciplines, including the Teaching Internship, as well as scientific research by master's and doctoral students and undergraduate students. In addition, we realize that this Extension Project has as its hallmark the contribution to the human and socially committed training of students. We conclude that the involvement of postgraduate students in our Extension Project has been consolidated over the years and it is now unimaginable for the Extension Project to function without their presence. The experience in Extension activities adds fundamental - albeit complex - layers to the training of postgraduate students in Dentistry.
Copyright (c) 2025 Patrícia Carlos Caldeira, Natália Santos Barcelos, Áquila Daniel Lamar Lopes, Josiane Marcelly Lemos dos Santos, Sílvia Ferreira de Sousa
Role of extension project in emergency shelters for atypical families during the flood period in Rio Grande do Sul
The objective of this experience report is to present the activities of the extension project titled "Health promotion for individuals with intellectual disabilities and their caregivers" in emergency shelters for atypical families during the flooding period in Rio Grande do Sul. The actions were conducted by the project team, which carried out playful and educational activities to promote oral health for children, their mothers, and family members in shelter situations. The activities included guidance on oral hygiene, information about healthy and potentially cariogenic foods, drawing activities, discussion circles on oral health, distribution of informational brochures, and oral hygiene kits. During the visits, the focus was on welcoming the shelter residents, with an empathetic approach and adaptation of activities for people in shelter situations. Additionally, through its social media, the project mobilized to disseminate information about the location of shelters for atypical families and requests for donations to these places. The extension project fulfilled its social role during the flooding period in Rio Grande do Sul by promoting health, well-being, and support for atypical families in shelter situations.
Copyright (c) 2025 Lina Naomi Hashizume, Mellany Zanatta Bozzetti, Leonardo dos Reis de Melo, Amanda Santetti Peruzzo
This study was conducted as part of an extension project linked to the Geography teacher training program at the State University of Northern Paraná (UENP) and involved a group of socially vulnerable women in the municipality of Cornélio Procópio, Paraná. The aim of this article is to present the action research carried out within the extension project Women in the Fight Against Hunger. Methodologically, this study relied on a review of relevant literature, and the findings were derived from interviews and experiences gathered throughout the project. The title of the project underscores the initiative’s intent to counteract poverty and, consequently, the hunger affecting varying degrees within the participating group. Additionally, the project fostered economic autonomy by offering lectures and workshops that provided the skills necessary for workforce integration, given that many participants had either never held formal employment or had been out of the labor market for extended periods.
Copyright (c) 2025 Vanessa Maria Ludka , Sérgio Augusto Pereira, Jaqueline de Moraes Correia, Gustavo Henrique dos Santos Braga , Camila de Souza Pereira , Leandra Eduarda Fabri Rezende
The Importance of scientific competitions
This work seeks to explore the contributions of scientific competitions to the personal and academic training of basic education students, especially Mathematics Olympiads, in the context of the Itabirana Mathematics Olympiad – IOM. The methodology used has a qualitative character and consists of analyzing the reports of students awarded at the IOM, which refers to the importance of participating in this and other knowledge Olympiads. Data was collected through a questionnaire made available digitally. The opportunities that these students had as a result of participating in these competitions were highlighted, in addition to other aspects considered relevant, in the view of the medal-winning students. The results indicate that several contributing factor were highlighted by the interviewed students, such as the development of logical-mathematical reasoning and increased interest in Mathematics; better understanding of Mathematics and its specifications; possibility of creating a favorable space for learning and teaching Mathematics; positive results in other areas of knowledge and opportunities obtained from participation in knowledge olympiads.
Copyright (c) 2025 Daniele Cristina Gonçalves, Daniela Cotta Bicalho Figueiredo
Perception of managers of early childhood education spaces about the Child Citizen extension project
Introduction: The "Criança Cidadã" project aims to democratize science through educational and pedagogical activities, intervening in issues that affect the lives of children in vulnerable situations. Objective: To understand the perception of managers of formal and informal early childhood education spaces about the “Criança Cidadã” project. Method: This is a qualitative study, conducted through semi-structured interviews with managers of three educational institutions located in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, who participated in the Project in the period 2022-2024. Data analysis was based on Bardin's theoretical-methodological framework, using thematic content analysis. Results: Eleven managers participated in the study. Two categories emerged from the analysis: “Conformation of the target audience of the Criança Cidadã project” and “Learnings perceived by managers from the Criança Cidadã project”. The interviews showed that the children served live in socioeconomic vulnerability, violence and abandonment, which hinder their development. However, the managers emphasize that the project had a positive impact, improving children's learning and self-esteem, in addition to promoting a culture of self-care and awareness in families. Conclusion: The "Criança Cidadã" project appears to contribute significantly to children's cognitive, affective and psychomotor development, highlighting the importance of continuing and expanding health education actions.
Copyright (c) 2025 Daniella Flávia Alvarenga Goncalves, Maria Fernanda Maia Leão, Mariana Magalhães Miranda, Valquíria Fernandes Marques, Sumaya Giarola Cecilio
The experience of an extension project in dental implant maintenance using hands-on training
This is the experience report of the extension project “Maintenance and Control in Implantology”, in which undergraduate students of the School of Dentistry of Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (FAO/UFMG) experience implantology in order to perform these clinical procedures. The objective of this work is to report the experience of this project in the use of hands-on training, in which, by using specific mannequins, clinical situations are simulated, aiming at knowledge, theoretical-practical training and development of skills and competencies for Dentistry students. During the activity, the teachers prepare the students for the clinical procedures, simulating their execution on the mannequins and clarifying doubts, in order to guarantee safety for the treatments in patients. The experience was well evaluated by the authors, because, after the activity, the students demonstrated competencies, skills and showed themselves capable of clinical care of patients.
Copyright (c) 2025 Frederico Santos Lages, Lia Silva de Castilho, Rafaela Airoldi Dias Horta, Rodrigo Richard da Silveira, Ênio Lacerda Vilaça, Danilo Rocha Dias
Araçá, tactical urbanism in the Parque-Escola Chacrinha extension program
We seek to report the processes developed by the Parque-Escola Chacrinha Extension Program (PROEX/Federal University of São João del-Rei - UFSJ), through the actions that most involved institutional partnerships, located in Araçá, São João del-Rei, Minas Gerais, in the years of 2014 and 2015. The association between research, teaching and extension in the praxis arising from the articulation of agents, institutions and collective proposals, are the central axis of the tactical urbanism applied in the territory. From the discussion of the city as a work, we return to the conception of the extension program in the face of the neoliberal growth process of cities and community and institutional articulations that guide popular claims as a way of listening and interacting through the Democratic State. We present, at the end, the narrative and analysis of the processes that culminated in the communication and execution of proposals for improvement in collective equipment and structural reforms in the residences. The proposal envisions ways of going from place to ideas, reporting processes of building and inhabiting while living in the environment.
Community and institutional articulation
Copyright (c) 2025 André Lopes dos Santos, Hugo Leonardo Cruz Nogueira, Márcia Saeko Hirata, Fernanda Nascimento Corghi
EXTENSÃO UNIVERSITÁRIA: CURRICULARIZAÇÃO E AVALIAÇÃO INSTITUCIONAL
The curricularization of extension, as part of the process of institutionalizing this university activity, is on the agenda of Brazilian Higher Education Institutions, especially universities, institutions governed by the inseparability of teaching, research and extension. In 2018, the National Education Council outlined guidelines for extension and made its accreditation mandatory in undergraduate curricula, which will imply institutional evaluation processes in the area, a reality already consolidated in the sphere of teaching and research. This work analyzes the ways of inserting extension into the undergraduate curriculum and its evaluation, based on the discussion regarding the curriculum and the underlying university and society model. The exploratory investigation is based on documentary research and content analysis of the guidelines issued by the Council and the institutional resolutions of federal universities that regulated the topic until 2019. The results show that institutions have adopted different formats for inserting the extension in curricula, devoting little or no attention to their implications for assessment. It is concluded that this process is underway in most federal universities, and that, if historically extension has been silenced in institutional evaluation, its curricularization will require a new perspective and place.
Copyright (c) 2024 Natália Fraga Carvalhais Oliveira, Maria Rosimary Soares dos Santos
The importance of volunteering in hospitals and its impact on the development of capacities of future healthcare professionals
Volunteering in hospitals offers an opportunity to have meaningful experiences, discover new perspectives and develop skills, whilst contributing positively to the well-being of patients. The objective of the work is to evaluate the impact of volunteering on the well-being of on patients and on the training of health students who work as volunteers. The methodology involved data collection through pre-evaluation and interviews, admitted to descriptive statistical and content analysis. Answers to multiple-choice questions were analyzed quantitatively and open-ended questions were analyzed qualitatively. The research was carried out with 35 students from the technical course in Clinical Analysis at Technical College of UFMG and 46 patients treated at Hospital da Baleia in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais. The results demonstrated that students recognize the importance of volunteering and that this activity contributes to their learning process, personal growth and choice of future profession. Patients reported that volunteers provided emotional support and companionship during meetings. The data collected demonstrates that the involvement of students as volunteers in hospitals has a positive impact on both their professional, learning and personal habits. Providing enriching experiences for volunteers and improving patient satisfaction and quality of life.
Copyright (c) 2025 Ana Cláudia Jacinto*, Gláucia Hilarino*, Josicelli Crispim, Maria Conceição Almeida
Building bonds between medical students and postpartum women in marginalized situations
The consumption of alcohol and drugs during pregnancy is associated with several factors, including family poverty. The opportunity to raise your child becomes essential to motivate socially vulnerable pregnant women and alcohol and drug users to abandon addiction. Objectives: Analyze the importance of humanization actions in health, through active listening with an audience of postpartum women in a support home. Methodology: Identification of the demand for reception and information, consequent creation of bonds, holding conversation circles, preparing informative pamphlets and individual conversations with postpartum women. Results: The group presentation, conversation circles about contraceptive methods and STIs, alcohol and drug abuse, maternity care and evaluation meetings with postpartum women covered. Conclusion: The conversation circles were important strategies to promote the formation of bonds, through active listening and a humanized relationship between postpartum women and medical students.
Copyright (c) 2025 Gabriela Herani da Costa, Paula Pinho Corrêa, Mariana Bomtempo Araujo, Marina Vilela Pires Coelho , Isabela Mie Takeshita, Rafaela Siqueira Costa Schreck, Mônica das Graças de Azevedo
Educational actions on racial discrimination and health
The objective of this study is to describe educational actions on the relationship between racial discrimination and health in adolescents. This is an experience report based on the practical experience of the “Discrimina Não” Project, developed between August 2022 and August 2023, by students of the Dentistry Course at the University of Pernambuco with high school teenagers from public schools in the metropolitan region from Recife/PE. The educational actions were based on the principles of action research, which had the strategy of an educational workshop to promote greater involvement and participation among adolescents. Additionally, an account was created on the social network Instagram (@discriminanaoupe) to publicize the project's activities and inform society about the topic. The activities reached 322 teenagers in schools. The following topics were discussed in the workshops: the concept of racial discrimination, racist terms, health consequences of violence, how to combat racism and “call 180”. The educational-participatory method encouraged reports of discrimination experienced by participants and people close to them. The extension workers’ experience in health education activities on racial discrimination and school health proved to be relevant, enabling the team to acquire new skills.
Maria Carolinne Farias FMaria Carolinne Farias Ferreiraerreira Câmara Câmara
Carolina da Franca Bandeira Ferreira Santos
Copyright (c) 2025 Iraneide Nascimentos dos Santos, Raissa Dias Araújo Gadelha, Stela Magela Valdete da Silva, Rúbia Helen Souza de Andrade, Maria Carolinne Farias Ferreira Câmara, Jéssica Teixeira Batista Modesto, Kamila Valleska da Costa Souza, Karolina Maria Miron Pessoa e Silva, Maria Beatriz Timóteo da Silva, Daniele Pereira da Silva, Carolina da Franca Bandeira Ferreira Santos
Professional orientation for socio-educated
The opportunity for self-reflection enables more conscious personal choices through the perception of values, tastes and preferences, from which the process of planning the future is facilitated. Professional guidance contributes to adolescents’ maintenance of the routine within socio-educational units and also to their re-socialization. The project aimed to develop psychological resources among adolescents in socio-educational programs and carried out interventions that collaborate for meaningful and conscious professional choices. At the end, the participants were able to think and believe in new perspectives of life inside and outside the units. The relevance and contribution of practices established by professional guidance for adolescents inserted in socio-educational units are highlighted, also providing new outlooks for structuring professional orientation interventions among this specific group.
Copyright (c) 2025 Ana Flávia Couto Paranho Canalli , Thalita Fernandes Vieira , Lara Campello Vieira , Elisa Rosa Moscon de Matos, Fabíola Rodrigues Matos
Violence against women involves any act, motivated by gender, that results in suffering or death. This form of abuse constitutes an important public health problem and has increased in recent years. There is a lack of information and community actions aimed at identifying and preventing this issue. Therefore, it is necessary to carry out health education actions to educate the population. Methodology: This is an experience report about an extension project at a private college in Belo Horizonte, which worked in a support house for women in vulnerable situations. Meetings were held between the extension agents and the residents of the house. Topics chosen by the women were covered. The searches were carried out in Portuguese in the Google Scholar and Scielo databases. Result and Discussion: For women, being a woman presents challenges around feminine authenticity. There is a perceived lack of knowledge about issues related to female sexuality. Communication and empathy skills were developed with the target audience. Conclusion: Health education projects are of fundamental importance in raising awareness among women, providing capacity to identify and prevent forms of violence against women.
Copyright (c) 2025 Ludmila do Amaral Araújo, Artur de Tassis Cabral Fernandes, Fernanda Kato Dilascio, Ana Luíza Soares Cordeiro, Isabela Mie Takeshita, Rafaela Siqueira Costa Schreck, Mônica das Graças de Azevedo
75 Anos da Declaração Universal dos Direitos Humanos
Copyright (c) 2023 Leandro Rodrigues Alves Diniz
INDICATORS OF SOCIAL APPROPRIATION OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
In this interview, Sigrid Falla, Director of Experience Architecture at Maloka, Bogotá, Colombia, shares valuable insights into the experience of creating and implementing perceptual, cognitive, and practical indicators used by the Interactive Science Center. This experience has the potential to inspire the work of other science and technology dissemination projects in Latin America in relation to the impact evaluation strategies of their proposals. This talk shows that indicators must be adapted to different types of museum approaches. For each program, a way of evaluating must be established and, therefore, the difficulty of standardizing or unifying indicators. At the same time, Sigrid tells us the importance of establishing a measurable common minimum between the different actions, which allows comparisons and longitudinal studies. Furthermore, Sigrid highlights that, in addition to evaluating and monitoring, the construction of indicators also helps us plan actions and reflect on their objectives. Training in evaluation is another contribution from Sigrid, and it is important to train the subjects involved in the different areas of action on the instruments and evaluation culture, guaranteeing continuous feedback and analysis of each action and of the institutional set.
Copyright (c) 2024 Denise Bianca Maduro Silva, Marcelo Pereira, Luisa Mejia
Perfil de saúde e nutrição de pacientes de pré e pós-operatório de cirurgia bariátrica atendidos em um projeto de extensão do Norte do Brasil
For the success of bariatric surgery, nutritional monitoring is important, as lifestyle habits and eating behavior can interfere with postoperative evolution. Therefore, the objective of this study was to evaluate the health and nutrition profile of patients treated in an extension project in Northern Brazil. The study is a cross-sectional observational study that evaluated the health and nutrition profile of pre- and post-operative bariatric surgery patients in the years 2021 and 2022 in the city of Palmas, Tocantins, Brazil. Consultations were carried out in person and remotely, and in total 100 patients were seen, 88% of whom were female, with an average age of 40.4±10.2 years. Preoperatively, 79.7% patients had severe obesity, a greater number of comorbidities and 49% had binge eating. Postoperatively, 53.7% of patients had some degree of obesity, but fewer comorbidities. However, we observed greater consumption of alcoholic beverages (43.9%) and 61% did not practice physical activity. Pre-operative patients have a greater number of comorbidities associated with the severity of obesity, while post-operative patients have a better health profile, however, eating behavior and lifestyle habits require multi-professional attention and guidance.
Copyright (c) 2024 Ana Victoria Freire Coelho , Fernanda Carneiro Marinho Nolêto, Sônia Lopes Pinto
Health education on first aid with early childhood teachers
Children are the most vulnerable group to the occurrence of accidents in the school context. Thus, it is necessary that teachers and collaborators are technically and psychologically able to intervene in these situations, minimizing damage until professional assistance is available. The objective was to report the university extension experiences of nursing students in conducting health education on first aid with kindergarten teachers. This is a descriptive study, of the experience report type, based on the propositions of the disciplines “Health Education”, “Nursing in the Process of Caring for Children and Adolescents” and “Nursing in the Process of Caring in Mental Health”. The implementation of the theme took place in a children's education institution in the municipality of Iguatu-CE, with nine teachers, through oral presentation, questioning, video simulation and practice. Through the execution of the action, a progression in the autonomy of the participants to respond to children's emergencies was observed. However, this autonomy is still limited due to formative and environmental aspects. It is concluded that training on child management in emergency situations is insufficient, requiring the intensification and expansion of guidance for this group.
Copyright (c) 2025 Pedro Lucas Ferreira Mota, Marcos Ryan Loiola Lima, Andrielle Firmino Da Silva, Guilhermi da Silva Maia, Anne Giselly da Silva Sousa, Janaina Rodrigues Lima, Maria Laiana Sobrinho de Souza, Samyra Paula Lustoza Xavier
Accessibility is seen as an essential condition for any and every inclusion process, encompassing attitudinal, physical, technological, communicational, linguistic, pedagogical, and informational dimensions. The difficulty of access is not only due to the lack of internet, but also to the way information reaches individuals. Extension projects play a crucial role in promoting accessibility, as they cater to a diverse range of students who are neurodivergent. With the aim of promoting a new experience with images, accessed inclusively through screen reader programs or simple reading by the user, we describe in this work one of the strategies adopted by the Extension Project “It's Time to Take the Medicine” from the Pharmacy School – UFRJ: a teaching-learning process of image description that adopts Audio Description (AD) requirements in the postings on Social Media Pages (SMP). To create accessible content, the Project is based on Universal Design for Learning (UDL), which assumes that content can be reached by respecting different ways of learning. Thus, when this content reaches the SMP, it is necessary to think of strategies to make it accessible, emphasizing the importance of using hashtags for image and content description in the posts.
Copyright (c) 2025 Dora Vieira da Costa, Ana Lúcia Vazquez Villa, Daniela Firmino Gama, Viviane de Oliveira Freitas Lione; Aline Guerra (Tradutor)
SYPHILIS, HIV AND HEPATITIS B SCREENING AS PART OF MEDICINE STUDENTS COLLECTIVE HEALTH TRAINING
Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) are a global concern due to the millions of new cases annually. Belo Horizonte, in particular, has rates of detection of acquired syphilis above the national average. Thus, screening actions are important to identify asymptomatic cases and improve patient outcomes. This article aimed to report the experience of second-year medical students in a screening action for syphilis, HIV and hepatitis B. The proposal arose from a quick estimate in the territory covered by a Health Center and was performed using rapid tests (Immunochromatographic). The students were previously trained to carry out the tests together with professionals from a Basic Health Unit (UBS) in the south-central region of Belo Horizonte. The action contributed to the development of academics' interpersonal and communication skills, providing them with a closer relationship with the community. The model focused on the gaps of the field was able to generate value for the health Center, contributing to a closer relationship with the teaching institution. The implementation of the action described periodically can be a option for continuous and opportunistic screening, complementing routinely adopted testing protocols. Also, the action provided practical knowledge about epidemiological surveillance, screening and notification of diseases that have a direct impact on public health, benefiting both the community and the medical training of students.
Copyright (c) 2024 Tiago Pimenta Gonçalves, Vitória Ferreira Nogueira; Letícia Lemos Jardim (Revisor)
Participation in a university extension project concomitant with the multiprofessional integrated residency in hospital health
This report describes the experience of a dental surgeon, resident of the Multiprofessional Integrated Residency Program in Hospital Health and participant of the University Extension project "Health promotion for pregnant women within a new modality", carried out at the University Hospital Lauro Wanderley (HULW/UFPB). It aims to narrate the experiences as an extensionist, integrating important themes of the health of the mother and baby, highlighting the importance of adapting the most common means of communication in contemporary times, making knowledge more accessible and providing bibliographic material for health professionals aiming at the development of new activities. In person, at the hospital, the pregnant women were invited to follow the project profiles on the social networks where it was developed, remotely, through illustrated publications as a way of adapting the means of communication to extension activities. At the end of the current year of activities, all the material produced was compiled into an e-book. The activities developed in a hybrid way were viable and efficient, being possible to conclude that there was a positive impact on the training and professional profile, there were gains for the extension workers in the face of the maturing of technical and humanistic knowledge and improvement of the target audience as a result of the stimulation of women's autonomy and greater accessibility to information.
Copyright (c) 2025 Vitória Régia Querino Alves, Herbert Ghersel, Eloisa Lorenzo de Azevedo Ghersel, Sabrina Sales Lins de Albuquerque, Ângelo Brito Pereira de Melo
HEALTH PROMOTION FOR TEENAGERS ATHLETES BASKETBALL PLAYERS
Health promotion in adolescence covers aspects related to quality of life, well-being, social development, personal satisfaction and access to basic rights, such as education, housing and health. In this scenario, among the range of applicable strategies, we highlight the incentive to practice regular physical activity, balanced nutrition and sleep quality as essential tools in the promotion of physical, cognitive and social well-being of adolescents. The aim of this study was to promote health education for basketball students between 11 and 16 years of the Military College of Curitiba through theoretical-practical activities developed by physical therapy undergraduate students from the ****. A high prevalence of physical activity was evidenced, since most students practiced other sports besides basketball. However, high statistics of exposure to screens before bed and irregularity in routine and sleep quality were perceived. In conclusion, the engagement of adolescents was active with considerable interaction and interest in the themes addressed, which gave university students satisfaction and learning in the development of health education skills in an unconventional physical therapy environment.
Copyright (c) 2024 Mariana Rodrigues, Ana Maria dos Santos Pedroso da Silva, Juliana Allage Wencel, Ariani Cavazzani Szkudlarek
University extension in gymnastics for all
Professional development permeates undergraduate education and its interface with university extension and research is also important. Specifically, this manuscript addresses the perception of academic undergraduate and former students who participated in Gymnastics For All university extension programs and its influence in the performance/recognition in the field of Physical Education and Sport. Three Focus Groups were carried out for data collection, which included nine groups and 17 interviewees. For data analysis, Narrative Analysis was used. The results indicated two aspects: competences for professional development and boarder of sports experience. Students confirm that the program helped them directly in their work, giving subsidies to organize a session, in addition to providing more positive practical experiences than curricular internships. Expanding the sporting experience was revealed in the contact with the participation in sporting events, whether those with a sporting and/or scientific-academic bias. The reports revealed the actions of the extension as a promoter of the accessibility of the GFA, which is influential for aspects of professional education in general, such as working in groups, implementing the practice at school, as well as the sporting experience.
Copyright (c) 2025 Michele Viviene Carbinatto, Mellina Souza Batista, Lorena Nabanete dos Reis-Furtado, Nayana Ribeiro Henrique, Tamiris Lima Patrício
The academic environment, for years, has been conducted by men, resulting in gender inequality on academic and scientific activities. For this reason, we developed the extension project “Women in Health Science”, related to the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, that aimed to promote the appreciation and awareness of the space occupied by women in the academic and scientific environment to encourage gender equity. Objective: To present the conquer results of the project. Methods: Were developed by the project activities of disclosure and awareness of gender bias social media for the academic and non-academic public, in addition to free online events. Results: There was great participation of the female audience on the project's social media, with emphasis on Instagram, where 84.9% of the followers are women. Regarding the events, there was great interest on the part of the female public and low adherence by the male public. Conclusion: Through public participation and adherence to the proposed activities, we conclude that the extension project was successful. We observed great public interest in increasing their knowledge about gender and science.
Copyright (c) 2024 Clarissa Brusco, Mariana de Souza Strehl, Bruna Machado Barroso, Kimberly Rossana da Silva Gonçalves, Salime Donida Chedid Lisboa, Tainá Aparecida Haubert, Ana Carolina Kanitz, Stephanie Santana Pinto
Sharing experiences with society and the scientific community in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic: the production of a university extension project
With the Covid-19 pandemic, many dental extension projects had to suspend their practical activities in outpatient clinics. Many of these projects had to adapt to the new conditions of isolation and sought dialogue with society in various ways. The objective of this article is to describe the experience of a dental extension project in its dialogue with patients, the community and academia. Method: The products of project 400042 “Dental Care for Patients with Developmental Disabilities” were listed on the SIEX platform. From these products, their impact on the academic community was described through consultations with Google Academics, Scopus, Clarivate and ResearchGate. The impact of information intended for patients and their guardians was consulted on You Tube metrics. Results: the ResearchGate platform proved to be the one that most actively promoted dialogue with the academic community. Through it, it was possible to measure the readers' interest, the total number of citations, readings and recommendations. The videos featured on You Tube had a moderate amount of views. Conclusion: the ResearchGate platform was an important tool for exchanging experiences. You Tube, in turn, has a restricted reach when analyzing direct communication with the target audience.
Copyright (c) 2024 Lia Silva de Castilho
TRABALHANDO COM JOGOS COMO FERRAMENTA DE METODOLOGIAS ATIVAS
Aproxime-se is an extension program of the Centro de Apoio à Educação a Distância (CAED) of the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerias (UFMG) which, since 2013, provides educational activities that contribute to each UFMG partner distance education center in Minas Gerais become an active space for encounters between academic and local knowledge. The objective of this work is to present the university extension actions carried out by Aproxime-se in the hub cities of the Universidade Aberta do Brasil (UAB) of Sabará/MG and Jaboticatubas/MG in 2022. The theme chosen was “Reflections on Active Methodologies in Basic Education: Gamification in the Classroom”. Based on studies and readings of scientific articles and bibliography suggested by the program's coordination, an event was held in which, through a round table discussion and workshops, these contents were disseminated and discussed with the pole's community, consisting mainly by Basic Education teachers. The event was a moment of interaction between the local community and the university, in which the team involved and the participants of the event realized that the content discussed provided a better understanding of active methodologies, encouraging the community to have contact with non-traditional practices of teaching and learning.
Márcia Marilia Teixeira Alves de Souza Duarte
Copyright (c) 2024 Amanda de Menezes Ferreira, Emerson Coelho Luiz de Almeida, Laís Cerqueira Guerra, Márcia Marilia Teixeira Alves de Souza Duarte, Ramiro Barboza de Oliveira