<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?><article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>1516-7313</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Ciência & Educação (Bauru)]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Ciência educ.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1516-7313</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
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<article-id>S1516-73132007000300004</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="pt"><![CDATA[Conhecendo alguns modelos mentais infantis sobre filariose linfática]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Motta]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Micheline Barbosa da]]></given-names>
</name>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Teixeira]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Francimar Martins]]></given-names>
</name>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="A04">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE) Departamento de Métodos e Técnicas de Ensino ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Recife PE]]></addr-line>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2007</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2007</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>13</volume>
<numero>03</numero>
<fpage>323</fpage>
<lpage>336</lpage>
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<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://educa.fcc.org.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1516-73132007000300004&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://educa.fcc.org.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1516-73132007000300004&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://educa.fcc.org.br/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1516-73132007000300004&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="pt"><p><![CDATA[A filariose linfática é uma parasitose endêmica em Pernambuco desde 1918, com focos persistentes e em expansão na Região Metropolitana do Recife, tornando-se um desafio premente a ser encarado tanto pelas autoridades de saúde pública, como pela população e escolas de áreas de risco. Como subsídio para o planejamento de estratégias pedagógicas que estimulem os alunos a vivenciarem medidas preventivas para controle da doença, identificamos modelos mentais de cinqüenta alunos (nove-dez anos), residentes em áreas endêmicas da região metropolitana. Os resultados indicaram que as crianças: (a) acreditam que a filariose é evitável, tratável, causada por fator externo, e que o cumprimento das recomendações médicas é fundamental para o sucesso do tratamento; (b) têm dificuldades em identificar os sintomas e as etapas do processo de adoecimento; (c) apóiam seus modelos no que podem observar, o que possibilita a estruturação de ações pedagógicas que simulem, na escola, situações reais vividas pelas crianças em sua comunidade.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Bancroftian filariasis has been an endemic parasite in Pernambuco since 1918 expanding into the metropolitan region of Recife, and becoming a permanent challenge to be faced by the public health authorities as well as by the population and schools in the risk areas. As support in creating pedagogic strategies that stimulate pupils to put into practice preventative measures against the disease, we identified the mental models of 50 pupils aged from 9 to 10, living at endemic areas of the Recife Metropolitan Region. The results indicated that the children: (a) believe that the filariasis can be avoided and treated, that it is caused by external factors and that the observance of medical recommendations is fundamental to the success of the treatment; (b) have difficulties in identifying the symptoms and phases of the disease; (c) they based their models on features they can see. This makes it possible to build pedagogical activities that simulate, in school, real situations lived by the children in its community.]]></p></abstract>
<kwd-group>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[Filariose Linfática]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[Elefantíase]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[Educação em Saúde]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[Modelos Mentais]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Bancroftian Filariasis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Elephantiasis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Health Education]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Mental Models]]></kwd>
</kwd-group>
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</front><body><![CDATA[ <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <h2>Conhecendo alguns modelos mentais infantis sobre filariose  Linf&aacute;tica.</h2> <h3>Exploring some mental  models of children about bancroftian filariasis.</h3>     <p>&nbsp;</p> <h4>Micheline Barbosa da Motta, Francimar Martins Teixeira    <br> </h4> </font>      ]]></body>
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