Educação em saúde bucal para idosos da Universidade da Maturidade-Tocantins- Amazônia Legal

Abstract

This doctoral study, which discusses oral health education for the elderly, focuses on the area: Knowledge, language, education, which is part of the research line: Educational Practices; Intergenerational Education; Gerontology, of the Postgraduate Program in Education-Educanorte, campus of the Federal University of Tocantins (UFT). The research aims to develop a Social Technology for oral health education for the elderly. Studying the phenomenon of the University of Maturity (UMA/UFT) is a fruitful way of understanding Lifelong Learning practices. This space feeds transformative debates, capable of bringing knowledge, skills and new values to the daily lives of the elderly. The guiding question of this thesis is: Can a Social Educational Technology in Oral Health contribute to self-care and quality of life in the elderly? This is a quasi-experimental, qualitative-quantitative study with a phenomenological basis. Data and information will be collected through semi-structured interviews, participant observation and document analysis. The data was analyzed by exploring the material, treating the results obtained and interpreting them using the inferences shown in the body of the final version of the thesis. We present a step-by-step approach to building a Social and Educational Technology in Oral Health Education (TSESB), which can be used by other educational institutions. With the results of this study we hope to contribute to the development of academic knowledge on the issue of developing educational social technologies, as well as understanding the educational and social processes that involve lifelong learning in Brazil, in the Amazon region, especially in the state of Tocantins, in the city of Palmas and Tocantínia, and thereby promote the strengthening of the Graduate Program in Education at the Federal University of Tocantins (PPGEDA/UFT).