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Objective: To describe the actions and experiences lived by academics in an extension project that was designed to develop children's health education, protection and promotion activities through the agreement between the Basic Health Unit, the Children's Institute and the Federal University. Methodology: This is an experience report based on the action research method, which begins with the knowledge of the reality of the community through a situational diagnosis and, from that, improvements are based that are built in a collaborative way with the subjects involved in the activities that were developed by students of the Nursing course at the Federal University of Valley of São Francisco (UNIVASF) in Petrolina, Pernambuco, through the implementation of an extension project entitled “Educação em Saúde em uma Creche de Juazeiro-BA” at Instituto Dona Raimunda, in Juazeiro-BA. The meetings were held weekly, addressing ten topics with the children and carrying out four workshops with the caregivers and guardians of the children at the day care center. Results and discussion: It was noticed that the children were able to get involved and absorb easily with the instructions given, with the caregivers' interest in the search for information and creation of a more accurate look at the diseases and illnesses in the children being clear. All activities took into account the socioeconomic situation and the themes were designed in this context. However, some barriers were presented to comply with the rules, such as the context outside the day care center that made it difficult to maintain the necessary care, such as not using COVID-19 protective masks. Final Considerations: The project had an important and positive impact on health education, addressing topics necessary for the promotion of child development and child health protection, making the Institute's space qualified and enabling integration between the community and health academics. |
