BackgroundOne of the major challenges of the Brazilian Ministry of Health is to foster interest in breast cancer screening (BCS), especially among women at high risk. Strategies have been developed to promote the early identification of breast cancer mainly by Pink October campaigns. The massive number of queries conducted through Google creates traffic data that can be analyzed to show unrevealed interest cycles and their seasonalities.ObjectivesUsing Google Trends, we studied cycles of public interest in queries toward mammography and breast cancer along the last 5 years. We hypothesize that these data may be correlated with collective interest cycles leveraged by national BCS campaigns such as Pink October.MethodsGoogle Trends was employed to normalize traffic data on a scale from 0 (<1% of the peak volume) to 100 (peak of traffic) presented as weekly relative search volume (RSV) concerning mammography and breast cancer as search terms. A time series covered the last 261 weeks (November 2011 to October 2016), and RSV of both terms were compared with their respective annual means. Polynomial trendlines (second order) were employed to estimate overall trends.ResultsWe found an upward trend for both terms over the 5 years, with almost parallel trendlines. Remarkable peaks were found along Pink October months— mammography and breast cancer searches were leveraged up reaching, respectively, 119.1% (2016) and 196.8% (2015) above annual means. Short downward RSVs along December-January months were also noteworthy along all the studied period. These trends traced an N-shaped pattern with higher peaks in Pink October months and sharp falls along subsequent December and January.ConclusionsConsidering these findings, it would be reasonable to bring Pink October to the beginning of each year, thereby extending the beneficial effect of the campaigns. It would be more appropriate to start screening campaigns at the beginning of the year, when new resolutions are taken and new projects are added to everyday routines. Our work raises attention to the study of traffic data to encourage health campaign analysts to undertake better analysis based on marketing practices.
Currently, the inadequacy of the school environment to the social and cultural expectations of students is one of the obstacles to the teaching of science. The inclusion of social issues in the school curriculum is not an unprecedented concern as these themes have already been discussed and incorporated into the areas related to Social Sciences and Natural Sciences. Science classrooms can be recognized as communities characterized by distinct discursive practices geared toward engagement. In this context, we will emphasize here the relevance of Science Fiction (Sci-Fi) Films as a teaching strategy capable of contemplating the social and cultural aspects of the subjects of education, with the possibility of contributing to reflection and dialogue. Starting from the need to discuss socio-scientific questions on the school floor, we will highlight here the film Elysium from a brief bibliographical survey of academic works that relate the plot in the film with real-life situations, as well as an experience report "Cinema and Debate" with Elysium in a public school occupied by students during the strike, in 2016. This experience leads us to believe that Science Fiction articulated with a STS (Science, Technology and Society) approach is capable of problematizing the complex and controversial relationship between us and the environment in which we are integrated. In addition to enabling us to "look" beyond fiction in the denunciations represented in the discursive plots, mainly in situations involving inequalities.
O presente artigo aborda a utilização do cinema como instrumento educacional em práticas docentes no Ensino Médio, tendo como sujeitos professores que trabalham no Ensino Básico, Técnico e Tecnológico (EBTT) em instituição federal, especificamente atuantes em disciplinas básicas. O trabalho investigativo é decorrência de pesquisa de doutorado na área de Ensino de Ciências do Programa de Pós-graduação stricto sensu em Ensino em Biociências e Saúde da Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ - RJ) e constitui‑se como pesquisa qualitativa que busca ampliar a compreensão sobre como docentes concebem, planejam e realizam atividades com o cinema. As análises aqui apresentadas permitiram consolidar vínculo entre fundamentos teóricos-conceituais sobre o uso do cinema em ambientes educativos e o conjunto de informações levantadas a partir de entrevistas com os docentes participantes da investigação, coadunando teoria e prática. Os resultados obtidos sinalizam que o potencial de uso do cinema vai muito além do caráter meramente ilustrativo, estabelecendo diálogos profícuos com características intrínsecas e relevantes para o Ensino de Ciências, como imaginação, reflexão crítica e conjecturabilidade. Assim, o estudo favorece o entendimento das reais vivências e desafios que professores enfrentam para implementação das suas atividades com o cinema no cotidiano de sala de aula e estimula, a outros pesquisadores e docentes, o aprofundamento no conhecimento e na realização de novas iniciativas, na perspectiva de agregar o componente artístico aos conhecimentos científicos, em diversificadas disciplinas e com estratégias variadas.
ResumoO objetivo desse trabalho é analisar as percepções de alunos sobre a imagem do cientista que desenvolve medicamentos em cinco filmes de comédia utilizados como subsídio para um estudo de caso aplicado na disciplina de Deontologia Farmacêutica. Os personagens cinematográficos são criados geralmente levando-se em conta os estereótipos e o senso comum, representações que são construídas e desconstruídas culturalmente, em tempo variável. Para tanto, um questionário foi aplicado aos alunos ao fim da prática pedagógica. A análise dos dados apontou que nestes filmes não havia farmacêuticos. Quando inquiridos, os alunos tinham dificuldade em citar filmes com farmacêuticos, sugerindo que este profissional tem pouca visibilidade e que sua imagem está atrelada às atividades visíveis ao público. Para explicar este panorama, buscaram-se as políticas públicas da área da saúde e da educação, sendo por isso, uma discussão curricular. Palavras-chave: currículo, ensino farmacêutico, cinema de comédia, ciência e arte.Abstract. The image of the scientist who develops drugs in Hollywood comedies: a curriculum discussion. The objective of this study is to analyze the students' perception of the image of the scientist who develops drugs in five comedy films used as the basis for a case study to help teach about Pharmaceutical Ethics. The film's characters are usually created on the basis of stereotypes and common sense, representations that are constructed and deconstructed culturally, as time goes by. A questionnaire was administered to the students at the end of the pedagogic practice. Data analysis showed that these films did not have any pharmacists and when asked about other films, the students had difficulty in citing films with pharmacists. This suggests that this professional has little visibility and his image is linked to the activities visible to the public. In order to explain this scenario, public policies from the health and education field were employed. Therefore it is a curricular discussion. Keywords: curriculum, pharmacist education, comedy movies, science and art. IntroduçãoO objetivo deste trabalho é analisar as representações sociais percebidas pelos alunos do curso de bacharelado em Farmácia sobre a imagem do cientista que desenvolve medicamentos, representada em cinco filmes de comédia. Essa análise surgiu como um desdobramento de uma estratégia de ensino proposta em uma tese de doutorado que utilizou filmes de comédia como subsídio para construção de um estudo de caso aplicado no ensino de Deontologia Farmacêutica, que aborda, quase que exclusivamente, normas e leis, sendo, de maneira geral, desinteressante para o aluno. A Deontologia, ciência que deriva da ética
Este artigo tem por objetivo apresentar resultados de uma pesquisa voltada para a formação de professores por meio do diálogo entre as ciências e as artes no ensino de ciências. A experiência exitosa de um encontro programado com esses profissionais verificou o alcance desse debate por meio da observação de um espaço de escuta coletiva, intitulado: “Prosa com Educadores”. Os resultados apontam para as potencialidades não só de procedimentos metodológicos similares como para a integração de saberes enriquecendo o ensino e a aprendizagem de ciências. Os professores participantes da pesquisa foram propositivos, co-pesquisadores, dispostos a investir na auto-formação.
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