A DOENÇA DE CHAGAS NA DIVULGAÇÃO CIENTÍFICA BRASILEIRA: FREQUÊNCIA E PROFUNDIDADE DA ABORDAGEM EM REVISTAS DO INSTITUTO CIÊNCIA HOJE

Abstract

Chagas Disease, despite affecting millions of people, still remains invisible in both health and educational contexts. This occurs, largely, due to the absence of symptoms in most cases and the superficial approach to the disease in educational campaigns, textbooks, and other information vehicles. The present work proposes a research approach to combat this invisibility by assessing whether it is present in scientific popularization vehicles. Through quantitative and qualitative analysis of the digital collection of Ciência Hoje and Ciência Hoje das Crianças magazines, available on the Capes Periodicals Portal, the aim is to identify the main aspects addressed about the disease and potential information gaps. The expectation is that the analysis will contribute to highlighting the low representation of Chagas Disease in the media and social context, reinforcing the need to broaden the scope of the approach beyond the biomedical dimension.