Resumo Objetivo Validar tecnologia educacional para educação em saúde sobre tuberculose entre estudantes adolescentes. Métodos Estudo metodológico com 49 adolescentes entre 13 e 18 anos, de escolas públicas de Belém (PA), em três etapas: apreciação da tecnologia; análise dos atributos para medir o grau de representatividade e clareza e revisão segundo a compreensão dos adolescentes. Trata-se de um caça palavras, apresentado aos adolescentes, sendo solicitado que seguissem as orientações de leitura, localizassem as palavras em destaque e respondessem as perguntas utilizando os locais indicados. Foi aplicado questionário tipo Likert, para descrever a concordância entre os adolescentes em relação aos atributos: objetivo, organização, estilo da escrita, aparência e relevância da tecnologia, considerando Índice de Validade de Conteúdo com ponto de corte 0,90. O corpus textual foi processado no Interface de R pour les Analyses Multidimensionnelles de Textes et de Questionnaires, 0.7 alpha 2. Utilizou-se recurso gráfico da nuvem de palavras. Os dados numéricos foram sumarizados pelo Statistic Package for Social Sciences, versão 22.0 Resultados Os atributos foram avaliados satisfatoriamente, com indicativo de concordância plena variando entre 72,8% no estilo da escrita e 84,7% na relevância da tecnologia. Os índices de validade de conteúdo obtidos foram superiores a 0,90, e os textos geraram três nuvens correspondentes à definição de tuberculose, à transmissibilidade da doença e à manifestação clínica. Conclusão O jogo caça palavras mostrou-se válido para utilização como ferramenta em ações educativas sobre tuberculose junto a adolescentes, podendo contribuir para o autocuidado e a multiplicação do conhecimento em sua rede social.

Abstract Objective To validate an educational technology for health education on tuberculosis among adolescent students. Methods Methodological study of 49 adolescents from public schools in Belém (PA) aged between 13 and 18 years comprising three steps: technology assessment; analysis of attributes to measure the degree of representativeness and clarity; and review according to adolescents’ understanding. A wordsearch was presented to adolescents, who were asked to follow the reading guidelines, locate the highlighted words and answer the questions using the indicated locations. A Likert-type questionnaire was applied to describe the agreement among adolescents in relation to the attributes: objective, organization, writing style, appearance and relevance of the technology, considering the Content Validity Index with a cutoff point of 0.90. The textual corpus was processed in the R Interface pour les Analyzes Multidimensionnelles de Textes et de Questionnaires, 0.7 alpha 2. A word cloud graphic resource was used. Numerical data were summarized by the Statistic Package for the Social Sciences, version 22.0. Results The attributes were satisfactorily evaluated, with an indication of full agreement ranging between 72.8% in writing style and 84.7% in the relevance of technology. The content validity indices obtained were above 0.90, and the texts generated three clouds corresponding to the definition of tuberculosis, disease transmissibility and clinical manifestation. Conclusion The wordsearch proved to be valid for use with adolescents as a tool in educational actions on tuberculosis, and can contribute to self-care and multiplication of knowledge in their social network.

Resumen Objetivo Validar tecnología educativa para la educación en salud sobre tuberculosis entre estudiantes adolescentes. Métodos Estudio metodológico con 49 adolescentes entre 13 y 18 años, de escuelas públicas de Belém (Pará), en tres etapas: apreciación de la tecnología; análisis de los atributos para medir el grado de representatividad y de claridad y revisión según la comprensión de los adolescentes. Se trata de una sopa de letras, presentada a los adolescentes, se les solicita que sigan las orientaciones de lectura, localicen las palabras en destaque y respondan a las preguntas utilizando los lugares indicados. Se aplicó cuestionario según Escala Likert, para describir el nivel de acuerdo o de desacuerdo entre los adolescentes en relación con los atributos: objetivo, organización, estilo de escritura, apariencia y relevancia de la tecnología, considerando el Índice de Validez de Contenido con punto de corte 0,90. El corpus textual fue procesado en el Interface de R pour les Analyses Multidimensionnelles de Textes et de Questionnaires, 0.7 alpha 2. Se utilizó el recurso gráfico de la nube de palabras. Se resumieron los datos numéricos por el Statistic Package for Social Sciences, versión 22.0 Resultados Los atributos fueron evaluados de forma satisfactoria, con indicación de nivel de acuerdo o desacuerdo pleno que varió entre 72,8 % en el estilo de la escritura y de 84,7 % en la relevancia de la tecnología. Los índices de validez de contenido obtenidos fueron superiores a 0,90 y los textos generaron tres nubes correspondientes a la definición de tuberculosis, a la transmisibilidad de la enfermedad y a la manifestación clínica. Conclusión El juego sopa de letras se mostró válido para uso como herramienta en acciones educativas sobre tuberculosis con adolescentes, que puede contribuir para el autocuidado y para la multiplicación del conocimiento en su red social.

Abstract The ocean is a unique system connecting ecological, economic, social, and cultural components, through which goods and services regulate the planetary condition and support the development of mankind. However, its increasing use has followed the exponential growth of the global economic system, outpacing humanity’s ability to develop the knowledge necessary to establish a basis for its proper use. Hence, there is an added perception that our necessary knowledge about the functioning of the ocean for its appropriate planning and management, advances at a slow pace, with which the ocean would be losing quality and sustainability. Systemic views of the ocean tend to highlight dominant components and processes instead of structural details, establishing a quality shortcut to the knowledge where society can understand current and future ocean conditions. To achieve the desired ocean health and sustainability, we propose the formation of a base of knowledge of the marine and coastal environments, capable of supporting best practices and policies for planning and management. We drew from the interdisciplinary research developed by the Brazilian research group “Ecosystem-Based Marine and Coastal Management (Eco-MCM), ” which has been developing projects based on three fundamental steps: (1) systemic analysis of the marine and coastal environments, highlighting their ecosystems, ecosystem services, social and economic benefits produced by the services and the stakeholders benefited; (2) modeling of the studied systems, and (3) propositional phase to incorporate models to support the practices and policies for their planning, management, and governance. As such, they are aligned with the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030) challenges and outcomes.

A localized Chikungunya virus (CHIKV; East/Central/South African genotype) outbreak (50 cases, 70% laboratory-confirmed; attack rate: 5.3 confirmed cases/100 people) occurred in a Salvador, Brazil neighborhood, between Apr-Jun/2017. Highly clustered cases in space and time, mostly along a single street, highlight an increased risk of CHIKV transmission among pockets of susceptible populations. This finding underscores the need for ongoing local level surveillance for arboviral outbreaks.