Health education as a strategy for the promotion of the health of the elderly: an integrative review / Educação em saúde como estratégia para promoção da saúde dos idosos: Uma revisão integrativa
Seabra, Cícera Amanda Mota; Xavier, Samyra Paula Lustoza; Sampaio, Yana Paula Coêlho Correia; Oliveira, Mirna Fontenele de; Quirino, Glauberto da Silva; Machado, Maria de Fátima Antero Sousa.
Rev. bras. geriatr. gerontol. (Online)
; 22(4): e190022, 2019. tab
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en Inglés, Portugués
| LILACS | ID: biblio-1042303
Abstract
Objective:
To identify the key issues and health education strategies for the health promotion for the elderly.Method:
An integrative literature review was conducted during the months of March and April 2018, by means of the Virtual Health Library, in the Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online, Latin American Literature in Health Sciences and the Scientific Electronic Library Online databases. After the search process and the selection of publications, the final sample consisted of 24 articles.Results:
A total of 16 Brazilian articles, the majority of which were carried out in the southeast and south of the country, were identified, in which the most frequently expressed themes for the health education of the elderly were healthy eating and physical exercise practices.Conclusion:
The actions of education in health were focused on healthy eating and physical activity, carried out by means of group workshops, seminars and/or lectures, performed, in the majority, by nurses and community health agents who were part of family health teams.
Biblioteca responsable:
BR1421.1
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