Validação do jogo digital PREVINIX para prevenção de Infecções Sexualmente Transmissíveis na adolescência

Abstract

Introduction: Adolescence is characterized as a period of vulnerability to contamination by sexually transmitted infections(STI), and the development of educational technologies directed to this theme is vitally important. Objective: validate the game Previnix that is directed towards the knowledge construction about prevention, identification and treatment of STI in adolescence. Methods: Methodological research of validation carried out in a public school in Recife. Participants were 56 adolescents (12 -16 anos). The data were collected through questionnaires (before and after) about the infections, recording of the educational section, form approaching objective, relevance, structure and presentation of the game and focus group. The quantitative data resulted in the elaboration of the Concordance Index and the qualitative ones were submitted to the thematic analysis. Previnix achieved a total CI of 91% and scores higher than 80% of concordance in all items evaluated. There was an increase in the number of correct answers in the questionnaires after the intervention and suggestions for improvement of the game. It was observed that the use of technology made possible the construction of knowledge in a dialogical way. Conclusion: Previnix was validated as an educational technology for use in sexual and reproductive health promotion actions with adolescents.