Meetings on life, health, and work in public schools on the network

online interaction tools and worker health learning

Abstract

This article reports on an outreach experience conducted in a virtual environment during the period of social distancing imposed by the Covid-19 pandemic. These actions were part of the extension project “Encounters on Life, Health, and Work in Public Schools,” developed within the framework of an integrated research-inter-vention program and materialized in digital environments such as a website, Insta-gram, and Facebook. These online interfaces aimed to serve as spaces for exchanging experiences and training around the relationship between work and health for workers, with the potential to establish an “Expanded Community of Research-Intervention” (CAPI) network. Theoretical references included contributions from Canguilhem and Work Clinics. In this regard, spaces for communication and interaction were established, focused on disseminating information and creating virtual environments for training and health promotion, with the goal of fostering a network called “Working in Schools,” which would involve academics, workers, and social movements. Various online initiatives were undertaken, and virtual spaces were created to produce content and encourage exchanges that fostered the development of the ability to understand and transform the relationship between work and the health-disease processes affecting educational workers. It was concluded that, despite the limitations imposed during this period, both the website and the mentioned social networks facilitated the exchange of experiences and dialogical interaction, proving to be promising initiatives for health promotion.