Elaboration of an Educational Video about Early Detection of Breast Cancer

Abstract

Introduction: Health education activities encourage diseases prevention, health promotion and engagement of the population in matters related to health and quality of life through knowledge construction. Objective: To describe the elaboration of an educational video about breast cancer in a virtual workshop. Method: Study of the type of development of of educational technology. The construction of the educational material occurred in June 2012, and had four steps: narrative review of the literature, analysis of data collected, data selection and construction of the material. Results: It was obtained an educational video which addresses what is breast cancer, the changes observed in the breast that could suggest cancer and methods for its detection: mammography, clinical breast examination, breast ultrasound and breast self-examination. Conclusion: Nurses as health professionals are responsible for promoting the health of the community, thus they should develop advances in nursing in order to ensure the social commitment, besides to struggle and fight against diseases using, for example, preparation of materials to assist health education. The virtual workshop as an educational technology can facilitate the construction of knowledge so as to promote health.