[Circuses and clowns. Experimental contribution to nursing methodology]. / Circhi e pagliacci. Contributo sperimentale alla metodologia del nursing.
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; 9(1): 14-8, 1990.
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ABSTRACT
PIP: The Great Circus of Mocorongo was conceived in 1984 with funds from the state and various educational institutions to disseminate health messages to communities with scarce economic and human resources in Para State, Brazil. The show was aimed at 15,000 people scattered in 13 remote communities afflicted with malnutrition as well as high morbidity and mortality. It used a methodology consisting of medical and pedagogical techniques showing in dramatical and amusing scenes everyday human encounters with diseases, microbes, the problems of hygiene, and various aspects of community health (proper nutrition, diarrhea, use of medicines, respiratory infections, and vaccinations). The central characters of the show entitled "Health and Merriment" were: the housewife Larimunda, the druggist Salim, and the clowns Banziero, Xulex, and Primentinha. It is difficult to measure the effect of laughter and mirth on changing one's mindset, but in 12 months not a single instance of death of a child occurred resulting from diarrhea or malnutrition. Children played with the characters in scenes that stressed good nutrition in anemia or during diarrhea, they used Salim's medicines for rehydration and vaccination and they witnessed Larimunda's victory over microbes. The goal was to transform the village in a grand scene stressing prevention of ailments. The circus was a timid and hesitant venture at its inception involving children,violence, starvation, hope, and fantasy. Still, it contributed to formal research by introducing innovative approaches to nursing materials and methods.
Palavras-chave
Age Factors; Americas; Brazil; Child; Communication; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Diarrhea; Diseases; Economic Factors; Education; Folk Media; Health Education; Humor; Latin America; Low Income Population; Malnutrition; Mass Media; Nutrition Disorders; Population; Population Characteristics; Rural Population; Social Class; Socioeconomic Factors; Socioeconomic Status; South America; Youth
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Educação em Saúde
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Drama
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Estilo de Vida
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Literatura
Aspecto:
Equity_inequality
Limite:
Humans
País/Região como assunto:
America do sul
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Brasil
Idioma:
It
Revista:
Riv Inferm
Assunto da revista:
ENFERMAGEM
Ano de publicação:
1990
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de publicação:
Itália