Imunologia na escola: uma abordagem importante no tocante educação e promoção em saúde

Abstract

The interaction between health and education in the school environment or in the health service is very important for achieve quality of life. By establishing the relationship between body health and the immune system students may perceive several conditioning factors that influence the quality of people's health. The objective of this work was to approach the immune system in a public school in Recife to contribute to the education and health promotion. The approach occurred on november 29, 2018 in a public school. There was a training with a playful, interactive class and a workshop. 13 students participated in the training. When they answered the questionnaire about the immune system they showed that they did not know about the system. Everyone participated in the training, built the immune system processes on posters and presented to their colleagues. The training was well evaluated and everyone considered the training contributed to the improvement of their knowledge about the immune system and the health of the people showing the importance of the theme for their lives. The approach proved to be important since it contributed to the expansion of students' knowledge about the system responsible for the individuals physical health. Such knowledge has valuable roles in one of the formative stages of their lives, especially because knowing the body and how the defensive processes of their immune system occur is important for the strengthening of practices that help them to function better in their immunity giving them a healthierlife.