Dengue Zero: um jogo educacional como recurso de combate ao mosquito Aedes Aegypti para crianças com Síndrome de Down

Abstract

This work presents a game-type educational resource, focusing on dengue viral disease, transmitted by the Aedes Aegypti mosquito, targeting people with Down syndrome, in order to educate them on the care of prevention, diagnosis and treatment. The conception and development of the Dengue Zero game was performed considering a bibliographic research on the theme, as well as a search for applications classified as games on the Google Play platform for smartphones, and a research applied to a group of parents or caregivers about the better stimuli for children and adolescents with Down syndrome. The game was developed in order to teach essential information about dengue and ways to prevent this disease to children with Down syndrome. In a playful way, the game seeks to help learning about this theme, encouraging the participation of these children in the learning process. After conducting research that took place in three phases, pre, experiment and post, with children and professionals, it is concluded that the game provoked a range of positive emotions in the participants, a fact that can be seen by their statements about various aspects to the participants. They include a good understanding of disease prevention, symptoms, and risk. In this sense, it is believed that the game played a double role, while providing information about dengue, also captured the level of knowledge of the participants in relation to the subject