Percepção de estudantes de ensino médio de três escolas do município de Mazagão – Amapá, sobre zoonoses transmitidas pelo consumo de produtos e derivados de bovinos e bubalinos

Abstract

Tuberculosis and Brucellosis are zoonotic pathologies and have permanent development in vertebrate animals and humans, which are closely related to environmental and public health issues, when inserted in the herds represent major economic damage to cattle and buffalo cattle and human health. As this is an important issue, there was a requirement to conduct a survey to know the perception of high school students from three public schools in Mazagão city about these diseases and the possible risks regarding the fresh food consumption from infected animals. The study was conducted through a semi-structured questionnaire with 11 closed questions on the theme zoonosis, and was applied to 196 students attending the 1st, 2nd and 3rd year of high school. The analysis of the obtained data was performed through the Anova Test two criteria, being performed the comparison of means through the Tukey test. It was observed that 12,88% of the students affirmed to know or to have heard about the term zoonosis, evidencing the significant ignorance of the students in relation to the term, fact that can be related to the lack of the approach of the theme in the school environment that obtained only 16,20% However, 85,67% of the students associated the term with the concept correctly. It was also concluded that 97,69% of the students are concerned about the food hygiene, but 45,22% affirm that they consume underdone meat, 60,20% the fresh milk and 84,37% the consumption of cheese and milk derivatives. The consumption of fresh products can be justified by the lack of knowledge regarding the origin and quality of the product, habits can be considered as a risk factor for public health. This paper presents an approach to zoonoses in public schools and the data suggest that issues involving this theme are important in an attempt to minimize problems related to public health, because many zoonotic diseases, including brucellosis and tuberculosis disease are directly related to the ingestion of contaminated food