The The influence of health education on preventable diseases: integrative review

• Autor(a) principal: Gomes, José Ítalo da Silva Damasceno
• Data de Publicação: 2023
• Outros Autores: Pinto, Karla Larissa de Andrade, Rangel, Júlio Farias, Carneiro, Amanda Kelly Pereira, Rabelo, Francisca Christina Silva, Almeida, Maria Irismar de
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Brasileira de Educação e Saúde
• Texto Completo: https://www.gvaa.com.br/revista/index.php/REBES/article/view/9336
• topic: Acesso à informação; Prevenção de doenças; Promoção da Saúde

Health education comprises the association of practices and methods that contribute to the formation of critical awareness of the population regarding health practices, and preventable diseases are a set of illnesses and diseases potentially preventable by the performance of health services. In Brazil, the reality of preventable diseases is diverse, as represented by stroke, atherosclerosis, systemic arterial hypertension, chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases and diabetes mellitus. This circumstance highlights the relevance that Health Education has in the dissemination and improvement of good health practices. In view of the negative influence that diseases have on people's quality of life, the study of health education influxes in the face of preventable diseases is justified. Thus, this investigation consists of an integrative review with a view to identifying the most recurrent modalities of health education intervention; the relevance of training networks between professionals, social agents and the population in general; and the outcomes of educational health actions in the prevention of preventable diseases and disorders. Nine studies were selected supported by the EMBASE databases; MEDLINE, via PUBMED; SCIENCE DIRECT and LILACS. In the studies included in this review, the relationship between educational actions in health, the advancement of knowledge and the modification of the risk behavior of the target audience remained identified.