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Navas-Iannini, Ana Maria; Pedretti, Erminia – Canadian Journal of Science, Mathematics and Technology Education, 2017
In this article, we explore how visitors engage with a science museum exhibit that displays controversial topics. Through a case study methodology, we focus on the Brazilian exhibit "Preventing Youth Pregnancy" that delves into teen pregnancy, sexual practices, and sexually transmitted diseases. Using the lens of science communication…
Descriptors: Pregnancy, Adolescents, Exhibits, Museums
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de Sousa, Isabela Cabral Felix – Cultural Studies of Science Education, 2013
The aim of this research is to understand how former students view their professional and academic paths after taking part in a specific scientific nonformal educational initiative during high school. This program is called Vocational Scientific Program (Provoc) and is carried out in the Oswald Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Public Health, Foreign Countries, Work Environment
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Pereira, Patricia Cristina Andrade; Fortes, Paulo Antonio de Carvalho – American Annals of the Deaf, 2010
In Brazil, recent regulations require changes in private and public health systems to make special services available to deaf patients. In the present article, the researchers analyze the perceptions of 25 sign language-using patients regarding this assistance. The researchers found communication difficulties between these patients and health…
Descriptors: Health Services, Patients, Foreign Countries, Researchers