Construção de Podcast educacional como ferramenta para a prevenção da ocorrência de quedas em pessoas idosas.

Abstract

The use of care-educational technologies makes it possible to address specific and comprehensive content capable of contributing to the knowledge of elderly people, a growing and current proportion on the world stage. To achieve this, technologies such as podcasts allow the transmission of information in an efficient and comprehensive way, benefiting not only the elderly, but the entire population. The aim is to build an educational podcast as a tool to prevent the occurrence of falls in elderly people. Methodological study with a mixed approach, with the goal of building an educational technology, podcast, to be developed based on the Practical Model Methodological Framework for Technology Development (MPDT), through operationalization in two stages: development of interactive workshops, aimed at raising awareness of elderly people about the use of technology and holding workshops to capture experiences of falls, promoting the exchange of ideas, beliefs and preventive practices against this occurrence. In the second stage, the script for conducting the podcast was developed based on written elements to guide the dialogue and presentation of ideas. The development of this podcast is a tool for promoting the health of the elderly, as it offers accessible and instrumentally valuable information for preventing falls. As a resource freely available online and in the most engaging format, it can have a positive effect on the lives of a vulnerable population, helping to incite behavioral changes and improve quality of life.