EDUCAÇÃO EM SAÚDE NO COMBATE ÀS FAKE NEWS PROMOVIDAS PELO MOVIMENTO ANTIVACINAS NA WEB

Abstract

SILVA, Marcelo Flávio Batista da. Health education in the fight against fake news promoted by the anti-vaccination movement on the web. 2023. Dissertation - Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of the Sertão Pernambucano - IFSertãoPE. Willow tree. 2023.

The search for health and quality of life has always been present in society. Over thousands of years people got sick and died of unknown causes without anything being able to be done to prevent it. The present work uses the reference of bibliographical research. The selected sample consisted of scientific articles focused on the field of collective health, which addressed the topic of vaccines, the anti-vaccination movement and educational cards, which provide support on the topic addressed and theoretical foundation. The actors involved were students of the 3rd module of the technical nursing course, regularly enrolled in the night shift, voluntarily and spontaneously, with no obligation to participate in the ETE Jornalista Cyl Gallindo.It is a bibliographical research for the elaboration of an educational product, to be developed in the school itself with the referred students and later to be disclosed in the digital media to combat the anti-vaccination movement in the digital media. The importance of vaccines in controlling infectious diseases over the years is remarkable, as well as the advances related to the cost, effectiveness, efficacy and safety of immunobiologicals. However, despite the achievements achieved by vaccination worldwide, a movement against the application of vaccines also emerged and gained notoriety. It is known as the anti-vaccination movement, which is continually growing. It is, therefore, necessary for our country to consistently move in this direction in a field in which it has been so successful, not only in immunizations, an area of great historical achievements, but above all in research, technological development and production of innovative vaccines. The communication strategy must be reviewed and improved, and for that it must have the presence of mass communication professionals, to seek a more understandable language for the general public. However, it would also be important to develop scientific/technical material for health professionals on specific vaccine issues.All available electronic media, such as the internet, Facebook, WhatsApp and Twitter, among others, should be used to disseminate information to clarify information to the public about vaccines and vaccinations. It is important to highlight the urgent need for authorities to recognize, at all levels of government, that disease prevention through immunization is a central public health issue, because when adequate vaccination coverage in the target population is achieved and maintained, the results are highly positive and can eradicate/eliminate a disease. It is understood that Health Education must be articulated between public health and education bodies, favoring prevention through awareness.

Descriptors: Health education; Anti-Vaccination Groups; Collective Health.