Multiplicadores de conhecimento: Papel das ações de extensão junto a cuidadores de pessoas com deficiência.

For the university extension to occur, it is necessary to establish a target population to which extension actions will be directed. However, these actions tend to spread beyond the community by forming knowledge multipliers in the served population. This study aimed to report the experience of the contribution of extension actions beyond the target audience when working on health-related topics such as the use of medicinal plants and teas and Systemic Arterial Hypertension with caregivers of People with Disabilities (PwD). This extension project worked with fifteen caregivers of PwD based on themes suggested by them. In the medicinal plants and teas activity, the methodologies used were the box of myths and truths, conversation wheel, bingo game, and distribution of folders. For the activity on hypertension, we used "brainstorm," blood pressure measurement, and distribution of folders. These actions were carried out in 3 meetings between March and May 2019. As a result, 11 to 16 caregivers (one casual) and 2 to 3 employees from the partner institution participate in the meetings. It was observed that the active methodologies used were important for learning and fixing the contents addressed, according to the words of the caregivers themselves. The actions allowed the caregivers to share what they learned, taking this knowledge to friends and family, as well as the employees of the partner institution who participated, characterizing the contribution of the project beyond the target audience. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]