Health promotion in adolescent student: Thematic review
Objective: To analyze the characteristics of studies on health behaviors of school adolescents, models and strategies in health promotion applicability. Method: Review articles and published texts (2003 - 2012) through electronic and manual search, consulted with the descriptors: health promotion, l...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Spanish |
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Universidad del Cauca
2014-12-01
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| Series: | Revista de la Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud |
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| Online Access: | http://revistas.unicauca.edu.co/index.php/rfcs/article/view/24 |
| Summary: | Objective: To analyze the characteristics of studies on health behaviors of school adolescents, models and strategies in health promotion applicability. Method: Review articles and published texts (2003 - 2012) through electronic and manual search, consulted with the descriptors: health promotion, lifestyle, teens, school and health education in electronic sources such as search engines, libraries electronic and international databases (Schoolar Google, SciELO, PubMed, JSTOR and Ovid). Results: Were found in the scientific literature a total of 92 texts were reviewed, of these 66 were recovered in full text, evidence possible to define two main categories: health behaviors of adolescent students and the different models and strategies in promoting health that can be used with this group. Conclusions: There is evidence of the importance of nursing as an active part in actions from the health promotion under theoretical underpinnings with adolescent students, it must transcend individual counseling with an interdisciplinary approach, based on integrating aspects from objectivities, subjectivity and the obvious need to show results through measurements of effectiveness, as a basis for decisions on public health and point to select strategies based on the best available knowledge. |
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| ISSN: | 0124-308X 2538-9971 |