Annual Activities Report 2011 - INCT-Inofar - UFRJ

Annual Report 2011 | INCT-INOFAR
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Scientific
Education and
Awareness
Scientific Awareness
and Publicizing at
INCT-INOFAR
Parallel to the research developed in the laboratory, INCT-INOFAR coordinates
Scientific Awareness & Health Education initiatives, with a goal of contributing
towards a critical conscience in the correct use of medications, and making basic
scientific knowledge of Pharmaceutical Sciences available to the population.
INCT-INOFAR views the popularization and publicizing of Science,
Technology, and Innovation as important factors in the construction of a
critical view of the contemporary globalized world, allowing, especially among
youth, for new vocations to be expressed even if they are not connected to
their home environments.
INCT-INOFAR believes in the potential children have to multiply the
knowledge they have acquired among their friends and family, and therefore
it invests in Health Education initiatives aimed at making young people aware
of the rational use of medications.
Since its creation, INCT-INOFAR has developed Scientific Awareness &
Health Education materials. During these past three years, it has produced
two booklets on the correct use of medications, 10 theme puzzles, and a video
on the stages necessary to produce a medication, as well as an internet portal
for publicizing Pharmaceutical Sciences – The Pharmaceuticals Portal www.
portaldosfarmacos.ccs.ufrj.br.
“As relevant as the publicizing
of knowledge in the knowhow of
pharmaceuticals and medications
is the building of critical knowledge
among the population of Science as
an effective tool of social promotion
of citizenship. This awareness needs
to start when they are children.”
Prof. Eliezer J. Barreiro
INCT-INOFAR coordinator