In this transversal study, factors related to infection with and transmission of

Jaboticatubas is a municipality in the metropolitan region of Belo

Resumo: Este trabalho descreve o processo de desenvolvimento de um Jogo Educativo, desenvolvido, de forma compartilhada, com adolescentes da Vila Cafezal, comunidade em uma área de favelas de Belo Horizonte. Por meio de oficinas em grupos operativos, criou-se um espaço de diálogo sobre sexualidade e gravidez na adolescência. Fazem parte do jogo: (1) oitenta cartas de perguntas e respostas; (2) um baralho de reflexão, e (3) um baralho de locais, demarcando espaços públicos da Vila Cafezal. Constatou-se que o processo desenvolvido auxiliou os jovens na construção de conhecimento, no diálogo e compreensão sobre atitudes de cada gênero. Tanto o processo descrito no presente artigo quanto o material produzido podem ser utilizados como alternativas para se criar um ambiente saudá-vel e interativo para se trabalhar os temas referentes a sexo e sexualidade, na perspectiva requerida pelos Parâmetros Curriculares Nacionais (PCN) e pelas demandas do Serviço Único de Saúde (SUS).Palavras-chave: Adolescência. Sexualidade. Educação em saúde. Jogo educativo. Saúde reprodutiva. This paper describes the process of developing an educational game in collaboration with adolescents from Cafezal Village, a community of a slum area of Belo Horizonte, Brazil. The objective of this study was to create a space for dialogue concerning sexuality and teenage pregnancy through workshops in operative groups. The game consisted of: (1) 80 question/answer cards; (2) 15 thinking cards and; (3) 15 territory cards showing public places that belong to Cafezal Village. It was found that the process helped the youth in the construction of knowledge through dialogue and understanding the attitudes of each gender. The process described in this article and the material produced can be used as alternatives to create a healthy and interactive environment to work through the issues related to gender and sexuality within the perspective of the Brazilian National Curricular Parameters (PCN) and the demands of the Brazilian Public Health System (SUS).

School children were used as indicators for the identification of schistosomiasis-positive family members in a area of low endemicity. This study was designed to improve current schistosomiasis control programs by applying this strategy to identify schistosomiasis-positive individuals in a more efficient way. The initial prevalence among school children was 8.6%. However, the prevalence among the family members of these school children increased to 15.5%. In contrast to these findings the prevalence in family members of schistosomiasis-negative school children was 3.8%. Although the applied methodology showed a relatively low sensitivity (50.0%), the high negative predictive value (87.7%) indicates that a few positive family members of school children with a negative stool result will be missed. This shows that this method of evaluation could be a strategy for a more efficient and cheaper identification of schistosomiasis-positive individuals in areas of low endemicity.

The effectiveness of a polyester mesh cover (evidengue ® ), aimed at preventing the access of female Aedes aegypti mosquitoes to flowerpot saucers, was evaluated in laboratory. Two saucers of flowerpot with water were individually wrapped with the cover was placed with their respective pots in two entomological cages. One identical set of flowerpot and saucer was placed in a third cage. In each cage, 20 gravid females, fed on mouse blood, were released. Results show that the cover was effective to prevent access of females. Further tests are necessary to assess cover effectiveness as a device to prevent saucer oviposition.