Construção de um dispositivo de informação e comunicação em saúde: o Almanaque DCZ (Dengue, Chikungunya, Zika)

Regina Maria Marteleto; Nanci Gonçalves da Nóbrega; Helena Maria Scherlowski Leal David; Lídia Eugênia Cavalcante

doi:10.5007/1518-2924.2026.e107837

Authors

Regina Maria Marteleto Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3439-0217
NÓBREGA, Nanci Gonçalves Universidade Federal Fluminense https://orcid.org/0009-0007-7846-2108
Helena Maria Scherlowski Leal David Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8002-6830
CAVALCANTE, Lídia Eugênia Universidade Federal do Ceará https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3190-6900

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5007/1518-2924.2026.e107837

Keywords:

Health information and communication device, Knowledge mediation, Almanac, Dengue fever, Chikungunya fever, Zika virus

Abstract

Objective: To present the fundamentals and different stages of production of the DCZ (Dengue, Chikungunya, Zika) Almanac, focusing on the biological, health, social and environmental factors related to outbreaks of these arboviruses in vulnerable areas and the use of the almanac format as an infocommunication device in health, inspired by traditional pharmacy almanacs, due to their historical role as mediators between popular knowledge and technical-scientific discourse.

Method: Based on an interdisciplinary triangulation between the fields of information, communication and health, articulating: 1) theoretical-conceptual references on knowledge mediation and information and communication devices; 2) a qualitative approach consisting of: field research with Community Health Agents (ACS) and Endemic Disease Control Agents (ACE), mediators between technical-scientific knowledge and community knowledge; historical-documentary research on pharmacy almanacs; experimental research for the development of the DCZ Almanac, based on the analysis of primary and secondary data obtained.

Result: A comprehensive database was organised, integrating the different sources analysed, allowing for the construction of a pluralistic approach to arboviruses represented in the device, through textual, imagery and symbolic elements drawn from the experiences of health agents. The final product – the DCZ Almanac – proposes a critical reading of information and knowledge in the context of prevention, promotion and care in the Family Health Strategy (ESF) in vulnerable territories.

Conclusions: The interdisciplinary perspective adopted in the research allows us to conclude three main points in the process of producing the DCZ Almanac. First, the necessary critical review of the unidirectional and impositive informational mechanisms in force in health. Second, the focus on the social life of infocommunicational devices in their different temporalities. Third, the interdisciplinary combination of information, communication and health from the perspective of mediations between different forms of knowledge, in order to promote multiple readings and appropriations of the infocommunication device.

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Author Biographies

Regina Maria Marteleto, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

Permanent faculty member of the Graduate Program in Information Science at Ibict/Eco/UFRJ. Holds a Ph.D. in Communication and Culture (Eco/UFRJ), a Diplôme d'Études Approfondies (DEA) in Information and Communication Sciences (EHESS/France), and undergraduate degrees in Languages (PUC/MG) and Library Science (UFMG). Was a permanent faculty member of the Graduate Program in Information Science (PPGCI/UFMG) from 2002 to 2006; and of the Graduate Program in Information and Communication in Health (PPGICS/Icict/FIOCRUZ), from 2007 to 2012. Visiting researcher in the Graduate Program in Nursing (PPGenf/UERJ) from 2016 to 2017. Served as President of ANCIB – the National Association for Research and Graduate Studies in Information Science – from 2003 to 2006, and as coordinator of the Working Group on Mediation, Circulation, and Appropriation of Information, from 2007 to 2009. She is the leader of the Research Group on Culture and Infocommunication Processes (Culticom). Founding member and scientific representative for Brazil of the Franco-Brazilian Network of Researchers on Mediations and Social Uses of Knowledge and Information – MUSSI Network, from 2008 to 2024. Participates in editorial boards and/or serves as a reviewer for scientific journals in the fields of Information Science, Communication, and Health, both in Brazil and abroad, as well as for evaluation and funding agencies in Brazil and France. Main research areas: information and the circulation of cultural objects; knowledge, information, and society; information and popular health education; infocommunication devices and knowledge mediations.

NÓBREGA, Nanci Gonçalves, Universidade Federal Fluminense

Postdoctoral degree in Literature from PUC-Rio (2011) and PhD in Social Communication/Information Science from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro - UFRJ.ECO/MCT.IBICT (2002). Retired professor at the Fluminense Federal University. Researcher at the Interdisciplinary Institute of Reading (2012-2019) / UNESCO Chair in Reading PUC-Rio (2006-2019). Coordinator of the iiLer Library (2006-2019) and the iiLer Readers Group (2015-2019). Responsible for the reorganisation and revitalisation of the libraries of the UNESCO Chair in Reading at PUC-Rio (2006-2019), Casa da Leitura/PROLER (1992-1996), the National Historical Museum (1986-1991) and Colégio Bennett (1980-1986). She was a librarian at the National Museum (1976-1979). She was a member of the Reading Researchers Network (RELER/UNESCO Chair in Reading at PUC-Rio (until 2019) and the Study Group on Children's and Youth Literature - GELIJ/CNPq no. 7719464249003688 (until 2019). She is part of the CNPq Research Project on Culture and Info-Communication Processes at FIOCRUZ and the MUSSI Network. She has experience in the areas of Reading (Narratives, Children's Literature and Mediation), Bibliotherapy, Information Science (emphasis on Information, Culture and Society; Organisation and Promotion of Children's Libraries and Collections) and Research Methodology. Experience in Judging Committees and Evaluation Boards: FNLIJ (children's and youth literature), Rev. Crescer (children's literature), CEPETIN Children's Theatre Award, Pensa-Rio (reading/education projects; member of the internal committee of the Chair team), Scientific Meeting Working Groups (Seminars, Congresses). Ad hoc evaluator of scientific journal articles, public competitions, etc. Advisor to the Advisory Board of the Federal University of Fluminense Publishing House (2015-2018) and Member of the Management Committee of the Superintendence of Reading and Knowledge of the Rio de Janeiro State Secretariat of Culture (2014-2017). Coordinator of the Readers Group at the Interdisciplinary Institute of Reading at PUC-Rio (2015-2019) and Supervisor of the team that carries out Bibliotherapy activities at the Pedro Ernesto University Hospital/UERJ, in the Perinatal Sector; at Lar Dom Pedro V and Casa de Betânia, geriatric homes; and at the Casa Mello Mattos and Casa da Criança daycare centres (in the Nursery, Preschool and Primary School, 2nd grade classes). Teacher of Open Courses and lecturer on the topics of Bibliotherapy, Children's Library Dynamics, Reading Mediation and Narratives and Archetypes.

Helena Maria Scherlowski Leal David, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro

Full Professor in the Department of Public Health Nursing at the UERJ School of Nursing. CNPq 1D productivity grant recipient. FAPERJ Scientist of Our State 2021-2024 and 2024-2027. Coordinator of International Exchange at the UERJ School of Nursing for the 2020-2024 term. Permanent faculty member in the UERJ Graduate Nursing Programme and the UERJ Graduate Telemedicine and Telehealth Programme. Director of the UERJ Nursing School for the 2012-16 term. PROCIÊNCIA UERJ Programme scholarship recipient since 2008, and CNPq 2 Research Productivity Scholarship recipient between 2012 and 2024. Visiting Professor in the CAPES 2018 Senior Visiting Professor Abroad Programme at the University of Alicante, Spain, from November 2018 to July 2019. Graduated in Nursing and Obstetrics from the Catholic University of Petrópolis (1982), Master's degree in Public Health from the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (1995) and PhD in Public Health from the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (2001). Postdoctoral studies in the field of drug research at the University of Alberta, Canada (2003). Engages in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, research and extension activities in the areas of Nursing and Public Health, working mainly on the following topics: critical theory of work, health and nursing work processes, popular education and health, education and work, social networks in health and nursing work, community health agents, work in Primary Health Care, telehealth, tele-nursing, and digital health.

CAVALCANTE, Lídia Eugênia, Universidade Federal do Ceará

Full professor in the Department of Information Sciences at the Federal University of Ceará. Postdoctoral degree in Information Science from the University of Montreal, Canada, with research on memory and digital heritage: policies and actions in public libraries. Doctorate in Education from the Federal University of Ceará. Master's degree in Social History from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. Specialist in Communication and Image Theories (UFC). Bachelor's degree in Library Science from the Federal University of Ceará. Professor and vice-coordinator of the Graduate Programme in Information Science at UFC/PPGCI. Professor of the Library Science course. She is the leader of the Culture, Mediation and Social Information Research Group. She has experience in the field of Information Science, working mainly on the following topics: information and reading mediation, social technology and local development, social memory and heritage, information literacy, collaborative learning and distance education, and social innovation.

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