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RESUMO Objetivo Desenvolver e analisar os efeitos da aplicação de um programa de capacitação sobre muda vocal e hábitos vocais saudáveis, utilizando o modelo de ensino em saúde do Projeto Jovem Doutor. Métodos Completaram o programa 11 alunos, matriculados entre o 7º e o 8º ano do ensino fundamental de uma escola pública, divididos em dois grupos: grupo Jovens Doutores, composto por quatro alunos, que foram capacitados por meio de atividades presenciais e virtuais, e grupo Alunos, composto por sete alunos, que receberam o conhecimento transmitido pelos Jovens Doutores. Foi desenvolvido um ambiente virtual de aprendizagem, em formato de weblog, para a capacitação dos Jovens Doutores. Todos os participantes responderam a um questionário antes e após a capacitação. Resultados Os Jovens Doutores foram multiplicadores dos conhecimentos adquiridos no curso de capacitação para outros alunos da escola. Houve aumento no nível de conhecimento entre os períodos pré-capacitação e pós-capacitação, para todos os participantes, tanto do grupo Jovens Doutores, como do grupo Alunos. Conclusão O programa foi desenvolvido e contribuiu com a maior interação entre a universidade e a comunidade. Houve aumento do conhecimento adquirido pelos estudantes, por meio da capacitação, sobre a importância de conhecerem as mudanças que ocorrem na voz, no período da adolescência, e sobre os hábitos vocais saudáveis. A transmissão desses conhecimentos representa um potencial para a prevenção de disfonias e redução das dificuldades decorrentes dessas mudanças.
ABSTRACT Purpose To develop and to analyze the effects of a training program about voice mutation and healthy vocal habits using the model of education in health from the Young Doctor Project. Methods Eleven students enrolled in the 7th and 8th years of a public school, divided in two groups, completed the program: Young Doctors group, composed by four students, who were trained through presential and virtual activities, and Students group, composed by seven students, who received knowledge transmitted by the Young Doctors. A virtual learning environment was developed, in a weblog format, to train the Young Doctors. All the participants answered a questionnaire before and after training. Results Young Doctors were multipliers of the knowledge acquired in the training course to other students in the school. There was an increase in knowledge between the pre-training and post-training periods for all participants, in both groups. Conclusion The program was developed and contributed with the largest interaction between the university and the community. The students' knowledge about the importance of knowing about the voice changes that happen during adolescence and about healthy vocal habits increased through training. The transmission of this knowledge represents a potential for dysphonia prevention and reduction of difficulties stemming from these changes.
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Humans , Adolescent , Vocal Cords , Telemedicine , Education, Distance , Dysphonia/prevention & control , Health Education , Training Courses , Health PromotionABSTRACT
The CD-ROM "Voice Assessment: Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology & Medicine" was developed as a teaching tool for people interested in the production of the spoken or sung human voice. Its content comprises several subjects concerning the anatomy and physiology of spoken and sung voice. A careful assessment becomes necessary in order to ensure the effectiveness of teaching and learning educational materials, whether related to education or health, within the proposal of education mediated by technology. OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of the Virtual Man Project's CD-ROM "Voice Assessment: Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology & Medicine", as a self-learning material, in two different populations: Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology students and Lyrical Singing students. The participants were instructed to study the CD-ROM during 1 month and answer two questionnaires: one before and another one after studying the CD-ROM. The quantitative results were compared statistically by the Student's t-test at a significance level of 5 percent. RESULTS: Seventeen out of the 28 students who completed the study, were Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology students, while 11 were Lyrical Singing students (dropout rate of 44 percent). Comparison of the answers to the questionnaires before and after studying the CD-ROM showed a statistically significant increase of the scores for the questionnaire applied after studying the CD-ROM for both Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology and Lyrical Singing students, with p<0.001 and p<0.004, respectively. There was also a statistically significant difference in all topics of this questionnaire for both groups of students. CONCLUSION: The results concerning the evaluation of the Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology and Lyrical Singing students' knowledge before and after learning from the CD-ROM allowed concluding that the participants made significant improvement in their knowledge of the proposed contents after studying the CD-ROM. Based on this, it is assumed that this didactic material is an effective instrument for self-learning of this population.