Building a website about child and adolescent health: a contribution to the educational learning process

Abstract

In an information society, the Internet works as a vehicle for the dissemination of information. As such, this study sought to find out the opinion of students of graduation from nursing regarding the creation of a website on child and adolescent health, aiming to establish an Internet address. This action research was conceived jointly by teachers and students. Feedback from the students led to the creation of a few topics whose electronic address provides access to: bibliography for the student, cold chain content, vital signs in pediatrics, vaccines of the National Immunization Program, contraindications and false contraindications, post-vaccine adverse events, Guthrie test, tables of expiration, administration and dose, knowing more about the Adolescent Health Program, hypothyroidism and phenylketonuria. Technological changes demand specific knowledge in dealing with computer resources. The study was able to pique the interest of students regarding contents that will be applied in the daily life.