A mediação da leitura literária e o uso do livro como recursos terapêuticos na hospitalização infantil.

Abstract

This research has as objective to analyze contributions from mediation of literary reading and the use of the book as therapeutic resources in the relief of tensions generated in children's hospitalization. The qualitative study (CRESWELL, 2010) followed the participant-observation procedures present in the interpretative research (GRAUE; WALSH, 2003). Twelve hospitalized children between 3 and 12 years old participated in the research, and the approach involved 39 interventions in which literary reading mediation and book lending were practiced. Also, 12 interviews were also carried out and a questionnaire was answered by 16 healthcare professionals in the pediatric sector. Moreover, a field diary was used to record the observations. For the theoretical discussion, the main concepts used were: literature (REYES, 2012), literary reading (PAULINO, 2020), reading (PETIT, 2013, 2008; MACHADO, 2012 CASTRILLÓN, 2011), mediation (BAJOUR, 2013), books (COLOMER, 2017), literary literacy (COSSON, 2019), bibliotherapy (CALDIN, 2001), therapeutic resource (PRADO; BARTALOTTI; 2001). The results of this study indicated contributions from the mediation of literary reading and the use of books during the children's hospitalization period, such as: reading as a refuge, overcoming fears, the feeling of safety, mothers as mediators of reading, reading as a pain reliever in the postoperative period and boredom, the peculiar use of books in daily lives, identification with the book character with subsequent introjection of the story. The mediation of literary reading and the use of the book can be considered effective therapeutic resources for the possibility of a humanization strategy, in order to promote the ambience of children in hospital. As contributions to the areas of Education and Health, there was a dialogue between both of them about the use of books and the mediation of literary reading as therapeutic resources in the hospital, reaching an alternative environment, different from the usual one.