Gamificação para prevenção de acidentes na infância: revisão sistemática

Abstract

Introduction: Gamification can be used as a strategy to prevent childhood accidents, as it can positively influence changes in the behavior of children and adolescents. Objective: To identify evidence on the use of educational games as a strategy for preventing childhood accidents. Methods: Searches were performed at the LILACS, BDENF and MEDLINE databases, using DeCS descriptors. Articles available and published from 2013 to 2019 in Portuguese were selected; the exclusion criteria were unavailability and duplicates. Results: 85 articles were found. Of these, four met the inclusion criteria of this review. In the analysis, accidents were identified as the main causes of child morbidity and mortality and the home as the main cause of death, with the male sex as the most affected. ¾ of the articles highlighted playful activities as an educational tool for children. Discussion: According to results, domestic accidents were reported as one of the main contributing causes for infant mortality, such information corroborates with data presented by the Ministry of Health. Conclusion: 75% of the articles presented interventions with playful resources, considering the education techniques as efficient for the child audience. Games are described in the literature as playful resources, and thus can be used as effective tools in the teaching-learning process of children and adolescents.