Seventeenth International Conference on Design Principles & Practices

Abstract

This study analyses the contribution of design in health education, more specifically the case of radon gas. The work is part of the RNHealth Project in partnership with the Polytechnic Institute of Viana do Castelo. This paper is based on the communication of radon gas to children and teenagers through a design and communication campaign where the results and promotion of the respective work will be verified. In this sense it is intended to investigate the answers to the key questions posed, guided by the project briefing, as well as through a literature review as a research method and the project implementation stage. It is expected to prove that, through design, visual communication materials can be created to benefit health for children and young people in a playful and educational way, also using a user-centred approach.