The risks of self-medication as a health education proposal in the school context

an experience report

Authors

  • Camile Amaral Pinto Universidade do Estado do Pará (UEPA), Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Graduação em Biomedicina, Cametá, Pará, Brasil https://orcid.org/0009-0003-9895-5998
  • Roberta Silvana Barbosa Silva Universidade do Estado do Pará (UEPA), Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Graduação em Biomedicina, Cametá, Pará, Brasil https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6410-6993
  • Héviny Cristine Dias Caldas Universidade do Estado do Pará (UEPA), Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Graduação em Biomedicina, Cametá, Pará, Brasil https://orcid.org/0009-0003-2787-9246
  • Yasmim Fonseca Amaral Universidade do Estado do Pará (UEPA), Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Graduação em Biomedicina, Cametá, Pará, Brasil https://orcid.org/0009-0005-7175-3469
  • Alessandra Corrêa da Cruz Universidade do Estado do Pará (UEPA), Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Graduação em Biomedicina, Cametá, Pará, Brasil https://orcid.org/0009-0006-4308-6336
  • Anderson Bentes de Lima Universidade do Estado do Pará (UEPA), Departamento de Morfologia e Ciências Fisiológicas, Laboratório de Farmacologia Experimental, Belém, Pará, Brasil https://orcid.org/0009-0003-7187-9198

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5327/prmj.2024.009

Keywords:

self medication, health education, pharmacology

Abstract

Purpose: To report the experience of an integrated health activity developed by students of the Biomedicine course. Methods: This is a descriptive methodological study type of experience report of a health education activity on the risks of self-medication carried out in the first semester of 2024 with students in the 1st year of high school. The intervention addressed: concept of self-medication, classes of drugs most used, their causes and incorrect use. Subsequently, the class was divided into 6 groups of 5 members, to perform a Quiz with 10 questions about self-medication. Results: It was observed that the participants were attentive to the information, and through the dialogue it was realized that they did not have much knowledge about the consequences of the indiscriminate use of drugs. Through the dynamics, the students participated and demonstrated that they assimilated the knowledge, as two groups answered two questions incorrectly. For Biomedicine students, intervention in the school context has become a moment of learning, and interaction within the classroom is relevant through the action of health education. Conclusions: The interventions reflect on the importance that health professionals have in disseminating knowledge in order to promote the conscious and safe use of drugs in the population.

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Published

2025-07-04

How to Cite

Pinto, C. A., Silva, R. S. B., Caldas, H. C. D., Amaral, Y. F., Cruz, A. C. da, & Lima, A. B. de. (2025). The risks of self-medication as a health education proposal in the school context: an experience report. Pará Research Medical Journal, 8. https://doi.org/10.5327/prmj.2024.009

Issue

Vol. 8 (2024): V.8

Section

Relatos de Experiência