Podcast as a tool for accessing information on health, food and nutrition in childhood

Abstract

This study aimed to report the experience of the project Papo Seguro: diálogos sobre alimentação, nutrição e saúde na infância, within the scope of Primary Health Care. This is a descriptive study, in the form of an experience report, developed between March and December 2022, involving Community Health Agents, parents and guardians of children up to school age, from two Family Health Units in the municipality of Santo Antônio de Jesus-BA. Twelve episodes were produced and broadcast, with themes related to the four stages of a child's life: breastfeeding; complementary feeding; pre-school feeding and school feeding. After the episodes were broadcast, there was feedback from the listeners, who showed that the content had been understood, reinforced the importance of the approaches and suggested continuing with the podcasts. The conclusion is that the use of podcasts to promote Food and Nutrition Education, especially on infant feeding, is effective in disseminating science-based information in Primary Health Care. It also provided students and researchers with a new way of doing health and the dissemination of a digital technology for health promotion in the SUS.

Keywords: Webcast; Communication; Child nutrition; Food and nutrition education.