Health communication by virtual environments: an experience report. / Comunicação em saúde por meio do ambiente virtual: relato de experiência.

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE: to report an experience of health communication with a strategy based on hosting health videos in a virtual environment. METHOD: a video sharing site (YouTube), accessible websites, and tools to facilitate the execution of tasks (applications) were used to report a health education experience based on the hosting of videos addressing the subjects of cardiopulmonary resuscitation, airway obstruction by foreign bodies, and hemorrhages. RESULTS: in 17 months, there were 31,727 views for the resuscitation and the obstruction videos, which were accessed by people from 69 countries, especially Brazil and the United States; the videos about hemorrhages had 5,400 views, by viewers from the same countries. FINAL CONSIDERATIONS the use of communication by hosting health videos in a virtual environment impacts on popular education significantly.