Comic strips: a tool for education and health promotion

Authors

  • Carolina Conceição Prado Centro Universitário do Distrito Federal (UDF), Brasília (DF), Brasil
  • Carlos Eduardo de Sousa Junior Centro Universitário do Distrito Federal (UDF), Brasília (DF), Brasil
  • Mariana Leal Pires Centro Universitário do Distrito Federal (UDF), Brasília (DF), Brasil

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29397/reciis.v11i2.1238

Keywords:

Comics, health promotion, health, education, communication

Abstract

Comics are part of the day by day and its evolution as entertainment demonstrates new possibilities of use. The work presented here is an analysis of how important is the use of comics as information documents and opinion formers for education and health promotion. A descriptive documentary research about the use of comic in the field of health, in the period from 2000 to 2016, was carried out in the following sites: SciELO, Biblioteca Virtual em Saúde (BVS), Wiley Online Library. The results show that comics are excellent pedagogical and informative instruments, reaching a wider audience. For this purpose, its elaboration needs special care, taking into account its use as communication tool in favour of health. Thus, comics play a fundamental role in education and health promotion, and they are recommended to the dissemination of knowledge so that they change the harmful habits of health, seeking a better quality of life and sustainable development.

Published

2017-06-29

How to Cite

Prado, C. C., de Sousa Junior, C. E., & Pires, M. L. (2017). Comic strips: a tool for education and health promotion. Revista Eletrônica De Comunicação, Informação & Inovação Em Saúde, 11(2). https://doi.org/10.29397/reciis.v11i2.1238

Issue

Section

Review Articles