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Background: One of the major challenges for pharmacology teachers is how to capture students’ interests and engage them in the subject, to create an engaging and enjoyable learning process. “Creative study guide posters” is one such novel educational tool that can help achieve these goals. Aims and Objectives: The authors tried to recreate visual artwork in the subject of pharmacology to engage students and at the same time make learning easy and fun-filled. Materials and Methods: In this study, 2nd year medical students participated and prepared creative study guide posters on antimicrobials and microbes in the form of two armies. On the one hand, antimicrobial drugs depicted the good army, consisting of the name of the drug, drug group, and mechanism of action, while on the other hand, the microorganisms depicted the evil army, consisting of the names of the common microbes, representing the battle of Kurukshetra as in the Indian epic of Mahabharata. Results: The majority of the students found this model interesting and useful for revising antimicrobials. About 82.3% of students agreed that their concepts of antimicrobials improved after this activity. About 86.46% of students believed that this model would foster interactive learning. Only 65.63% of students felt that the traditional methods of revising topics were better than this activity. Conclusion: Creative instruction encourages students to think independently, paricipate actively, and express themselves freely. Creative study guide poster activities help with better student engagement, reinforcing concepts, and better retention than just passing information passively in classrooms.
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Objetivo: analisar as imagens veiculadas nas campanhas de prevenção do suicídio realizadas pelos órgãos representativos da área da saúde de países da América Latina. Métodos: pesquisa descritiva de abordagem qualitativa ancorado na perspectiva da análise de imagem. O corpus textual foram cartazes de campanhas de prevenção ao suicídio de organizações governamentais e não governamentais representativas da América Latina. Os dados foram coletados e organizados à luz das etapas da análise de imagem. Resultados: foram analisados seis cartazes que fez emergir 9 subtemas que construíram um único tema: Prevenção ao suicídio, sendo esse o princípio do conhecimento difundido. Conclusão:as mensagens veiculadas abordam os principais assuntos que envolvem a temática e pontos importantes de serem trabalhados pela enfermagem e demais profissionais de saúde através de signos icônicos, plásticos e linguísticos que dialogam com o público de adolescentes,contribuindo para a construção de futuros cartazes de prevenção do suicídio.
Objective: to analyze images disseminated in suicide prevention campaigns by representative health bodies of Latin American countries. Methods:a descriptive study with a qualitative approach supported by the image analysis perspective. The textual corpus comprised suicide prevention campaign posters by representative governmental and non-governmental organizations of Latin America. The data were collected and organized based on the steps proposed by image analysis. Results: six posters were analyzed, leading to 9 sub-themes that built a single theme: Suicide prevention, which was the principle of the disseminated knowledge. Conclusion: the disseminated messages dealt with the main issues which this theme entails and important points to be worked on by nurses and other health professionals through iconic, plastic, and linguistic signs that dialogue with adolescents, contributing to the construction of future suicide prevention posters.
Objetivo: analizar las imágenes vehiculadas en las campañas de prevención del suicidio de organizaciones representativos del área de la salud en países de Latinoamérica. Métodos: estudio descriptivo de abordaje cualitativo basado en la perspectiva del análisis de imagen. El corpus textual se constituyó de afiches de campañas de prevención del suicidio de organizaciones gubernamentales y no gubernamentales representativas de Latinoamérica. Los datos se colectaron y organizaron a través de las etapas del análisis de imagen. Resultados:se analizaron 6 afiches, lo que llevó a la emergencia de 9 subtemas, los cuales constituyeron un único tema: Prevención del suicidio, el principio del conocimiento difundido.Conclusión: los mensajes vehiculados abordaban los principales asuntos que envuelven la temática y puntos importantes para a trabajar por las enfermeras y otros profesionales de la salud por medio de signos icónicos, plásticos y lingüísticos que dialogan con los adolescentes,contribuyendo a la construcción de futuros carteles de prevención del suicidio.
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Primary Prevention , Suicide , PosterABSTRACT
Objetivo: analisar as imagens veiculadas nas campanhas de prevenção do suicídio realizadas pelosórgãos representativos da área da saúde de países da América Latina. Métodos: pesquisa descritiva de abordagem qualitativa ancorado na perspectiva da análise de imagem. O corpus textual foram cartazes de campanhas de prevenção ao suicídio de organizações governamentais e não governamentais representativas da América Latina. Os dados foram coletados e organizados à luz das etapas da análise de imagem. Resultados: foram analisados seis cartazes que fez emergir 9 subtemas que construíram um único tema: Prevenção ao suicídio, sendo esse o princípio do conhecimento difundido. Conclusão:as mensagens veiculadas abordam os principais assuntos que envolvem a temática e pontos importantes de serem trabalhados pela enfermagem e demais profissionais de saúdeatravés de signosicônicos, plásticos elinguísticos que dialogam com o público de adolescentes,contribuindo para a construção de futuros cartazes de prevenção do suicídio
Objective:to analyzeimages disseminated in suicide prevention campaigns by representative health bodies of Latin American countries. Methods:a descriptive study with a qualitative approach supported by the image analysis perspective. The textual corpus comprised suicide prevention campaign posters by representative governmental and non-governmental organizations of Latin America. The data were collected and organized based on the steps proposed by image analysis. Results:six posters were analyzed, leading to 9 sub-themes that built a single theme: Suicide prevention, which was the principle of the disseminated knowledge. Conclusion:the disseminated messages dealt with the main issues which this theme entails and important points to be worked on by nurses and other health professionals through iconic, plastic, and linguistic signs thatdialogue with adolescents, contributing to the construction of future suicide prevention posters
Objetivo:analizar las imágenes vehiculadas en las campañas de prevención del suicidio de organizaciones representativos del área de la salud en países de Latinoamérica.Métodos:estudio descriptivo de abordaje cualitativo basado en la perspectiva del análisis de imagen.El corpus textual se constituyó de afiches de campañas de prevención del suicidio de organizaciones gubernamentales y no gubernamentales representativas de Latinoamérica. Los datos se colectaron y organizaron a través de las etapas del análisis de imagen.Resultados:se analizaron 6 afiches, lo que llevó a la emergencia de 9 subtemas, los cuales constituyeron un único tema: Prevención del suicidio, el principio del conocimiento difundido.Conclusión:los mensajes vehiculados abordaban los principales asuntos que envuelven la temática y puntos importantes para a trabajar por las enfermeras y otros profesionales de la salud por medio de signos icónicos, plásticos y lingüísticos que dialogan con los adolescentes,contribuyendo a la construcción de futuros carteles de prevención del suicidio
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Humans , Male , Female , Adolescent , Primary Prevention , Suicide , PosterABSTRACT
Introducción: Las presentaciones de pósteres son un evento común de muchos entornos académicos y profesionales modernos. El póster académico resulta un medio eficaz para visualizar y transmitir un conocimiento. Sin embargo, realizar esta transmisión de forma efectiva requiere de consideraciones que involucran el diseño del póster y las competencias comunicativas del expositor. Objetivo: Caracterizar las principales consideraciones para la elaboración y presentación de un póster académico. Métodos: Se exploraron fuentes de información en las bases de datos Web of Science, PubMed, Scopus y SciELO desde 2010 hasta 2020. Se utilizaron los términos clave en español: Comunicación y Divulgación Científica, Carteles como Asunto, Cartel, Exposición y Póster Académico. El rastreo ubicó 31 fuentes de información: 8 páginas institucionales, 1 libro y 22 artículos científicos. Conclusiones: La elaboración del póster académico requiere conocimientos relacionados con metodología de la investigación, redacción científica, diseño gráfico, publicidad, análisis de datos, comunicación verbal/no verbal, etcétera. El texto, las palabras y las visualizaciones se yuxtaponen como un todo en la función comunicativa. Esto implica el dominio de habilidades comunicativas que deben ser aprendidas por los autores si desean transmitir eficientemente un conocimiento a los espectadores(AU)
Introduction: Poster presentations are a common event in many modern academic and professional settings. An academic poster is an effective means for visualizing and conveying knowledge. However, to do this effectively requires considerations involving the poster design and the communication skills of the presenter. Objective: To characterize the main considerations for the elaboration and presentation of an academic poster. Methods: Information sources from 2010 to 2020 were explored in the Web of Science, PubMed, Scopus and SciELO databases. The following key terms in Spanish were used: comunicación y divulgación científica [communication and popular science], carteles como asunto [posters as a topic], cartel [poster], exposición [presentation] and póster académico [academic poster]. Through random searching, 31 information sources, eight institutional pages, one book and 22 scientific articles were found. Conclusions: The elaboration of an academic poster requires knowledge related to research methodology, scientific writing, graphic design, advertising, data analysis, verbal/nonverbal communication, and so on. Text, words and visualizations are juxtaposed as a whole within the communicative function. This implies the mastery of communicative skills that must be learned by authors if they wish to convey knowledge to viewers efficiently(AU)
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Knowledge , Scientific Exhibitions , Scientific Communication and Diffusion , Posters as Topic , Data Analysis , UniversitiesABSTRACT
Resumo: Introdução: As Diretrizes Curriculares Nacionais (DCN) para o curso de Medicina propõem métodos de ensino e avaliação em que os discentes possam desenvolver criticidade em relação às necessidades de aprendizado. Nesse contexto, a avaliação por pares (AP) apresenta-se como uma estratégia didática capaz de potencializar esse processo. Apesar disso, ainda se observa pouco uso dessa ferramenta na graduação, contudo ela é frequente em congressos científicos e avaliação de periódicos. Diante disso, este relato de experiência busca compartilhar os aprendizados e as reflexões da implementação sistematizada da AP em um componente curricular de Saúde Coletiva do curso de Medicina da Universidade Federal de Uberlândia. Relato de experiência: O componente em que a atividade foi criada contava com atividades teórico-práticas durante o semestre. Assim, a atividade relatada iniciou-se com a elaboração de pôsteres ao longo do semestre em razão de sua importância em congressos médicos. Esses pôsteres discorriam sobre as vivências dos alunos na atenção primária à saúde. A avaliação desses pôsteres foi feita consecutivas vezes por meio de instrumento de AP pactuado com os estudantes previamente, o qual pontuava critérios estruturais do pôster, bem como seu conteúdo. Os acadêmicos puderam ser avaliados e atuar como avaliadores, sendo supervisionados pelos professores, o que contribuiu para o desenvolvimento da criticidade no processo de aprendizagem. Discussão: Inicialmente, a atividade gerou estranheza dada a pouca familiaridade dos alunos com a AP, o que foi superado ao longo do semestre. Como limitações, apontamos a necessidade de lidar com as subjetividades no processo avaliativo dos alunos, de formação em feedback e gestão de conflitos, além de possíveis limitações tecnológicas dos discentes. Conclusão: A AP, embora seja uma estratégia utilizada em outros cenários científicos, possui caráter inovador na graduação e pode promover as competências esperadas para um profissional médico crítico e autônomo, como a familiaridade com a prática do feedback e a capacidade de análise crítica.
Abstract: Introduction: The Brazilian National Curriculum Guidelines (NCG) for undergraduate courses in medicine propose teaching and assessment methods in which students can develop criticality in relation to learning needs. In this context, Peer Review (PR) represents a didactic strategy capable of enhancing this process. However, there is still little use of this tool in undergraduate training, and frequent use in scientific congresses and evaluation of journals. This experience report seeks to share the learning and reflections of the systematic implementation of the PR in a curricular component of Public Health in a medical undergraduate course at the Federal University of Uberlândia, Brazil. Experience report: The discipline in which the activity was created had theoretical and practical activities during the semester. Thus, the reported activity started with posters about student experiences in Primary Health Care being made throughout the semester due to its importance in medical congresses. These posters were evaluated consecutively using the PR instrument previously agreed with the students, which scored structural criteria of the poster as well as its content. The students could be evaluated and act as evaluators, being supervised by professors, which contributed to the development of criticality in the learning process. Discussion: Initially, the activity generated strangeness by students because of their lack of familiarity with PR, which was overcome over the discipline. As limitations, we point out the need to deal with subjectivities in the students' evaluation process, training in feedback and conflict management, in addition to possible technological limitations of some students. Conclusions: PR, although a strategy used in other scientific scenarios, has an innovative character in undergraduate courses and can promote the skills expected for a critical and autonomous medical professional, such as familiarity with the practice of feedback and the capacity for critical analysis.
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Humans , Education, Medical , Educational Measurement/methods , Poster , Evaluation StudyABSTRACT
RESUMEN Introducción: el póster es un método de difusión del conocimiento científico donde se explicitan informaciones relevantes sobre una temática para comunicarse de forma resumida y atrayente. Objetivo: describir las experiencias en la construcción y presentación de un póster científico en estudiantes de Enfermería. Métodos: se realizó una investigación pedagógica de tipo investigación-acción participativa en 217 estudiantes de la Licenciatura en Enfermería de la Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad de Buenos Aires, en el período noviembre-diciembre 2019 en la materia Ética y Socialización profesional. Resultados: se orientó a los alumnos la construcción de un póster científico para sistematizar los contenidos estudiados en la materia Ética y Socialización, al tomar como base uno de los temas tratados. Se presentaron 96 póster, de grupos que oscilaban entre dos y cuatro integrantes. La principal deficiencia encontrada fue que no se siguió la estructura recomendada. Conclusiones: la actividad propuesta representó una oportunidad y desafío de elaboración de un póster científico, con el objetivo de impulsar un nuevo enfoque para la evaluación de la competencia de comunicación y los trabajos de los estudiantes de una asignatura, contemplando el aspecto visual del material utilizado en la presentación y la comunicación oral.
ABSTRACT Introduction: poster is a method for promoting scientific knowledge where relevant information on a determined topic is explained in order to communicate it in summarize and attractive way. Objective: to describe the experiences in the design and presentation of a scientific poster in nursing students. Methods: a pedagogical research of participative action-research type was carried out with 217 nursing degree students from School of Medicine of Buenos Aires University, in the period November-December 2019 in Ethics and Professional Socialization subject. Results: students were guided to create a scientific poster to systematize the contents studied in Ethics and Socialization subject, based on one of the topics discussed. There were 96 posters designed and presented, from groups comprising 2 and 4 members. Not to follow the recommended structure was the main deficiency. Conclusions: the proposed activity represented an opportunity and a challenge for the design of a scientific poster, with the objective of promoting a new approach for the evaluation of communication competence and the works of the students in the subject, considering the visual characteristics of the material used in its presentation and oral communication.
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Objetivo analisar a imagem dos cartazes veiculados pelo Ministério da Saúde do governo brasileiro na campanha em combate a AIDS no carnaval, à luz da perspectiva dos estudos de gênero. Método estudo qualitativo e de análise de imagem e em mídias sociais. Realizou-se análise dos cartazes da campanha oficial contra AIDS/HIV no Carnaval de 2018, com base nos passos da análise de imagem de Penn. Resultados no inventário denotativo identificaram-se fotografias e ilustrações de figuras humanas, roupas, adereços de carnaval e frases. As fotografias ocupam lugar central e as ilustrações ocupam o entorno da imagem. As frases ocupam a parte central e inferior da imagem e traz mensagens verticalizadas. Os temas abordados foram a prevenção do Vírus da Imunodeficiência Humana. Conclusão existe uma ambiguidade de discursos em que coexistem uma linguagem horizontalizada embasada na estratégia da prevenção combinada e uma linguagem verticalizada expressa nos verbos no imperativo.
Objetivo analizar la imagen de los carteles publicados por el Ministerio de Salud del Gobierno brasileño en la campaña de lucha contra el SIDA en carnaval, a la luz de la perspectiva de los estudios de género. Método estudio cualitativo y análisis de imágenes y en redes sociales. Los carteles de la campaña oficial contra el SIDA/VIH se realizaron en Carnaval 2018, basándose en los pasos del análisis de imagen de Penn. Resultados fotografías e ilustraciones de figuras humanas, ropa, accesorios de carnaval y frases fueron identificados en el inventario denotativo. Las fotografías ocupan un lugar central y las ilustraciones ocupan el entorno de la imagen. Las oraciones ocupan el centro y la parte inferior de la imagen y traen mensajes verticales. Los temas abordados fueron la prevención del virus de la inmunodeficiencia humana. Conclusión existe una ambigüedad de discursos en los que coexiste un lenguaje horizontal basado en la estrategia de prevención combinada y un lenguaje vertical expresado en verbos en el imperativo.
Objective to analyze the image of the posters published by the Brazilian Ministry of Health in the campaign to fight AIDS in carnival, in the light of the perspective of gender studies. Method qualitative study of image and social media analysis. The posters of the official campaign against AIDS/HIV were performed during Carnival of 2018, based on the steps of Penn's image analysis. Results photographs and illustrations of human figures, clothes, carnival props and phrases were identified in the denotative inventory. The photographs occupy a central place and the illustrations occupy the surroundings of the image. Sentences occupy the center and bottom of the image and bring vertical-oriented messages. The topics addressed were the prevention of human immunodeficiency virus. Conclusion there is an ambiguity of discourses, in which a horizontal-oriented language based on the strategy of combined prevention coexists with a vertical-oriented language expressed in verbs in the imperative.
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Humans , National Health Strategies , HIV Infections , Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/prevention & control , Health Promotion , Brazil , Health Education , Disease PreventionABSTRACT
Abstract Objective: To investigate the effect of deploying a "First Aid Management of Dental Avulsion" poster in a primary school setting to improve teachers' knowledge. Material and Methods: The present study was conducted at public primary schools in central Jakarta, with 54 teachers meeting the inclusion criteria. The questionnaire contained 13 questions, divided into two sections. The first section consisted of questions about sex, age, education, length of service, field of education, and whether the teacher had received first aid management education before. The second section consisted of 7 questions about the teacher's knowledge regarding dental avulsion and its management. Baseline knowledge was defined by using a questionnaire and then teachers were shown the educational poster covering the first aid management of dental avulsion. Next, the teachers answered a post-education questionnaire, which included the same questions as the first questionnaire. A paired t-test or Wilcoxon's signed-rank test was used based on the distribution of data to determine the significance of the differences between before and after education. Results: The median score before reading the poster was 5, while the median score after reading it was 10. The difference was statistically significant. Conclusion: "First Aid Management of Dental Avulsion" poster could improve the knowledge of primary school teachers in Jakarta.
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Humans , Male , Female , Adult , Middle Aged , Tooth Avulsion/diagnosis , Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice , Tooth Injuries/prevention & control , First Aid , School Teachers , Surveys and Questionnaires , Statistics, Nonparametric , Indonesia/epidemiologyABSTRACT
La presentación en forma de póster en congresos o reuniones científicas es una alternativa a la presentación oral que inició en la década de 1970. Un póster en una reunión científica o un congreso es una representación gráfica ampliada que contiene un título, el nombre de los autores y de los centros y textos y figuras que explican un proyecto, una investigación o una experiencia. Algunos congresos han empezado a utilizar el póster electrónico (e-poster). Se trata de pósteres digitales confeccionados de la misma manera y con las mismas características que los convencionales, pero que se presentan en formato digital y son expuestos de manera constante en pantallas o mediante proyecciones en zonas dispuestas a tal efecto. Para realizar un póster de contenido científico se deben considerar dos aspectos fundamentales y complementarios, como son el contenido que vamos a expresar a través del póster y el aspecto que se va a presentar, que influirá de manera importante en la transmisión del contenido y en el guiado de su lectura a los posibles receptores.
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Educational Technology , PosterABSTRACT
Background: All the metabolic pathways, reactions, regulations… Biochemistry seems to be very difficult for 1stMBBS students. Consequently most advanced topics, without a strong basis, difficult to learn, understand, remember and recall. Hence there is no motivation to go ahead for subject studies and leads to difficulty in correlating the knowledge of Biochemistry with clinical conditions. Aims & objectives: i)To improve the 1stMBBS student’s learning process by active participation in poster presentation competition. ii) The students should be able to study the Biochemistry actively, interestingly. Material & Methods: From 150 students, 30 groups each with 5; were formed. The topics selected for the poster presentation competition were having clinical application. Pre-test viva was conducted before, and post-test after the poster presentation. Posters were assessed, by the subject expert and 2 senior teachers. Three best posters were awarded. Results: Improvement in performance of students in post-test (Mean6.993 ± S.D. 1.358) after the poster presentation was highly significant than the pretest poster presentation was highly significant than the pre-test (Mean4.779± S.D. 1.447) (p<o. 00). Group discussion allows student to recognize meanings, express themselves in the language of the subject. The students gain a degree of self-direction & independence in their studies. Conclusion: Poster presentation proved that, it is a useful tool for the motivation of 1st MBBS biochemistry students for studies;& helpful to prepare students to satisfy their clinical responsibilities. Take Home Message: Such type of motivation when used for all 3 basic subjects of MBBS will be helpful to build the basics of the student.
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Background: The objective of this study was to provide an extrinsic motivation for learning and allow it to translate into intrinsic motivation during the activity. To generate an interest and to have a better understanding of pharmacology by preparing models and posters. Methods: The present study was carried out among the second year MBBS students. The topic selected was “pharmacotherapy of diabetes mellitus.” A formal announcement was made 30 days in advance. Didactic lectures were taken as per schedule. Ninety-seven students were divided into 18 groups of 5-6 student’s each. Nine groups were allotted to prepare models and nine were allotted to prepare posters. On the assigned day student’s presented their posters and models with enthusiasm. The best three posters and three models were awarded. Feedback forms in the form of questionnaire were given to the students. The students had to grade the answers: 1: little help, 5: extremely helpful. 1-2: low score; 3: medium score; 4,5: high score. Results: Chi-square test was applied to all answers except eighth. The answers showed Chi-square value more than 9.21 and p<0.01, which is considered statistically significant. As for the eighth answer, 77.7% students scored it 4-5 (high score).The sample size for 1-2 (low score) was only 3: so Chi-square test was not applicable. Conclusions: The poster model competition did generate an interest in the topic. The students had a new avenue to express themselves and in the process gain more knowledge in an enjoyable manner. Learning is facilitated when students themselves play an important role in the learning process. Poster-model competition can be incorporated as a teaching-learning tool to encourage and motivate students who lack intrinsic motivation.
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Objetivo: identificar los factores que se relacionan con la falta de lectura en dos carteles diseñados para difundir pruebas de escrutinio que detectan el VIH en gestantes. Métodos: estudio descriptivo en gestantes ingresadas en un instituto de tercer nivel de atención. Se diseñaron y colocaron carteles de difusión sobre la aplicación gratuita de la prueba de escrutinio oral para detectar seropositividad al VIH en gestantes. Se analizaron variables sociodemográficas, religión, edad materna y trimestre de embarazo. Para evaluar la lectura o no del cartel se construyó y aplicó un cuestionario, previamente probado, donde se identificó el número de mujeres que declararon haber visto y leído los carteles así como sus datos sociodemográficos. Se aplicaron un total de 475 cuestionarios. Resultados: de las siete variables incluidas en el cuestionario, se encontró que la edad, la religión y el trimestre de embarazo al ingreso a la institución, tuvieron diferencias estadísticamente significativas en la frecuencia de no lectura del cartel. Conclusiones: es necesario generar alternativas comunicacionales enfocadas a aquellos grupos menos receptivos de la información a través de conocer los factores que influyen en la lectura o no de información. Las acciones de educación para la salud siguen formando parte fundamental en la toma de conciencia y modificación de conductas en la población, por lo que estas deben considerar y combinar no solo elementos educativos sino también psicológicos, culturales, comunicacionales y sociodemográficos con la finalidad de impactar de mejor manera el ámbito de la salud individual y social.
Objective: to identify the factors associated with unreading of two posters designed to spread screening tests that detect HIV in a pregnant woman. Methods: descriptive study conducted in hospitalized pregnant women in a tertiary care institution, in which posters were designed and placed to provide information on the free performance of oral screening test to detect HIV seropositivity in pregnant women. Sociodemographic variables, religion, maternal age and pregnancy trimester were analyzed. For evaluating whether the poster was read or not, a previously tested questionnaire was designed and applied to identify the number of women who reported having seen and read the signs and their basic demographic data. The total number of questionnaires was 475. Results: of the seven variables included in the questionnaire, it was found that age, religion and pregnancy trimester on admission to the institution had statistically significant differences in the frequency of unread poster. Conclusions: it is necessary to generate alternative communications targeted at those least receptive groups to information through knowing the factors that have an effect on reading or not of some information. Health education actions remain a fundamental part in raising awareness and in behavioral change in the population, so these should consider and combine not only educational elements but also psychological, cultural, communication and sociodemographic ones in order to have a better impact on the individual and social health.
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En los diversos foros científico-técnicos los participantes pueden presentar sus trabajos en diferentes modalidades. A partir de la década del noventa, el empleo de la gráfica [cartel, póster, mural] comenzó a experimentar un crecimiento significativo. No obstante el valor otorgado a este tipo de presentación, una vez terminadas las reuniones científicas, en poder de los concurrentes quedan sólo algunas notas tomadas con prontitud, ineficaces para realizar estudios, consultas y citas posteriores con rigor profesional. El microcartel (forma gráfica correspondiente reducida) surgió para llenar este vacío. Con el fin de mostrar su importancia, proyección y repercusión en el campo de la comunicación y dentro del contexto de la comunidad científica, se exponen las experiencias de los investigadores del Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas en presentaciones realizadas durante la celebración de encuentros científicos nacionales e internacionales. Tanto expositores como interlocutores han mostrado su complacencia con los microcarteles. Esta modalidad editorial y gráfica resulta de gran utilidad para los que participan en las actividades científicas pues cumple una función importante en el campo de la comunicación científica.
In the different scientific-technical events, participants can exhibit their papers in a number of modalities. From the 90´s, the use of graphics (signs, poster, mural) began to increase significantly. Despite the value granted to this type of presentation, once the scientific meeting are over, the participants only have in their hands some notes taken in a hurry, which are not effective to perform studies, make consultations and appointments with due professional rigor. The microposter (reduced graphical form) emerged to fill a vaccum. With the objective of showing the importance, projections and impact of this tool in the field of communication in the context of the scientific community, the experiences of researchers from the National Center of Scientific Research in presentations in various national and international scientific gatherings are set forth. Both exhibitors and interlocutors have expressed their satisfaction with microposters. This editorial and graphical modality is of great benefit for participants in scientific activities and can play an important role in the field of scientific communication.