Annual Activities Report 2011 - INCT-Inofar - UFRJ
Annual Activities Report 2011 - INCT-Inofar - UFRJ
Annual Activities Report 2011 - INCT-Inofar - UFRJ
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<strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>2011</strong> | <strong>INCT</strong>-INOFAR<br />
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Scientific<br />
Education and<br />
Awareness<br />
<strong>INCT</strong>-INOFAR Action<br />
Portfolio<br />
The complete portfolio of <strong>INCT</strong>-INOFAR actions developed<br />
to publicize and popularize science, including the production<br />
of events and the publicizing of its research in the media is in<br />
the “<strong>INCT</strong>-INOFAR Booklet 2009-<strong>2011</strong>: Scientific Awareness<br />
and Health Education”. The booklet is available in a bilingual<br />
edition, in English and Portuguese, both in print and online at<br />
www.inct-inofar.ccs.ufrj.br/revista.<br />
With colorful illustrations and a simple and dynamic language,<br />
the booklet “Commandments of the Correct Use of Medications”<br />
talks about the risks connected to using medications. In a<br />
didactical manner, the material offers guidance on the different<br />
medication categories, how to store medications at home,<br />
and how to critically understand pharmaceutical abusive<br />
advertisement.<br />
In cartoon form, the booklet “Joey’s crew in: The correct<br />
use of Antibiotics” talks about the risk of the incorrect use<br />
of medications, showing common practices that contribute<br />
to increasing bacterial resistance, like self-medication and<br />
purchasing medications on the advice of drugstore workers. The<br />
booklet has the approval of the National Agency of Sanitary<br />
Regulation (ANVISA).
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