Abstract

CORAL, Rosa del Carmen  and  VARGAS, Luz Dalila. STRATEGIES THAT PROMOTE HEALTHY LIFESTYLES. rev.udcaactual.divulg.cient. [online]. 2014, vol.17, n.1, pp.35-43. ISSN 0123-4226.

The training of future nursing professionals should include the strengthening of healthy lifestyles to apply to daily life and performance as professionals. A research was conducted in two phases: the first to identify issues and strategies in relation to healthy lifestyles, the second, implementing and evaluating strategies to promote healthy lifestyles among nursing students. This article shows the results of the second phase of the investigation. The design corresponds to Participation Action Research (PAR). The study group was comprised of 237 students. Sampling was intentional according to inclusion criteria. The data collection was performed with focus group interviews, field notes, videos, interviews and indepth semi-structured questionnaire. For data analysis the Software ATLAS. Ti (Qualitative Data Analysis) and IBM SPSS Statistics 19 software was used. The results show that students know the healthy lifestyles, changes occur in the styles related to the cessation of smoking and health practices. It is concluded that to achieve meaningful and sustainable changes in time, strategies that allow reflection and awareness are required to be implemented, also examples are needed, as well as permanent support and commitment from teachers, students and peers and by the University. Studying nursing encourages healthy lifestyles of students.

Keywords : Students; health promotion; feeding behavior; habits; healthy behavior.

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