Cinema and interfaces in approaches related to respect for diversity and sexual orientation: Experience report

Objective: to report the experience of nursing students related to educational practice through cinema and its interfaces in approaches related to respect for diversity and sexual orientation. Method: experience report that aims to describe aspects experienced in the opportunity of an educational action that was developed by students from the seventh period of the Bachelor's Degree in Nursing, in a private Higher Education Institution in Belem, Para, Brazil, from September to October 2019. Results: 19 students from the first year of the undergraduate nursing course participated. The experience provided the realization of the importance of actions in Health Education, which must be performed in different scenarios of society. It was evident that a Health Education activity, based on the real needs of the target population, has the potential to cause significant changes in lifestyle habits, promoting health. Conclusion: the intervention proved to be a powerful educational tool to contribute to paradigm shifts in health education. The experience and the thematic approach provided deep reflections on the importance of Health Education and the systematic planning of educational activities that meet the real needs of the population, which was facilitated in this experience by the choice of the methodological strategy.