The effectiveness of health education actions in adopting healthy habits: integrative review

• Autor(a) principal: Porto, Quele Aureliano Ribeiro
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Bemfica, Mariana Aguiar, Matos, Sara Alves de, Andrade, Thávila Viana Silva, Rocha, Erika Maria Sampaio
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Baiana de Saúde Pública (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://rbsp.sesab.ba.gov.br/index.php/rbsp/article/view/3428
• topic: Efetividade; Educação em saúde; Promoção em saúde; Efectividad; Educación en salud; Promoción de la salud; Effectiveness; Health education; Health promotion

Changes in lifestyle in the last two centuries have been favoring an imbalance between caloric intake and the practice of physical activities, resulting in a high prevalence of overweight, obesity, morbidity and mortality by chronic, non-transmissible diseases. Promoting a healthier lifestyle is a challenge for healthcare professionals. To analyze what academic literature points to regarding the effectivity of health education measures in the adherence to healthier habits, especially those related to diets and the practice of physical activities. This is an integrative review of literature, done in peer format, based on the Pubmed, Medline, BVS, Lilacs, and Scielo databases. Eleven studies published between 2008 and 2019 were selected, of which two are cross-sectional studies. The remaining nine were controlled and randomized clinical studies, of which one was a cluster-controlled study. The intensity and duration of adherence to changes varied between the studies. In general, a strategy combining group interventions was more effective, primarily when using strategies aiming participants co-responsibilities and long-term interventions. The literature points to educational interventions being effective, with great potential to promote a positive change in the population’s quality of life. The methodological variety in the studies made unfeasible to perform comparative analysis and highlights the need for more studies about the topic.