Characteristics of physical activity interventions in primary health care settings in Brazil

Gomes, Grace Angélica de Oliveira; Mieke, G.; Ramos, Luiz Roberto; Pratt, Michael; Parra, Diana C.; Simões, Eduardo J.; Florindo, Alex Antônio; Bracco, Mário Maia; Lobelo, Felipe; Hallal, Pedro Curi

doi:10.1016/j.jsams.2012.11.853

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“…There are also a wider range of activities for promoting physical activity, and they require greater investments in skilled human resources, adequate spaces, referrals and appropriate equipment. 4 Hence, we found in our study a relatively low prevalence of physical activity promotion programs (less than 40.0%) in PHCUs. Nonetheless, many activities have been recently introduced in Brazil including the implementation and evaluation of programs like City Gyms and the nationwide program Health Academies.…”

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Prevalence of health promotion programs in primary health care units in Brazil

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OBJECTIVE Assessment of prevalence of health promotion programs in primary health care units within Brazil’s health system.METHODS We conducted a cross-sectional descriptive study based on telephone interviews with managers of primary care units. Of a total 42,486 primary health care units listed in the Brazilian Unified Health System directory, 1,600 were randomly selected. Care units from all five Brazilian macroregions were selected proportionally to the number of units in each region. We examined whether any of the following five different types of health promotion programs was available: physical activity; smoking cessation; cessation of alcohol and illicit drug use; healthy eating; and healthy environment. Information was collected on the kinds of activities offered and the status of implementation of the Family Health Strategy at the units.RESULTS Most units (62.0%) reported having in place three health promotion programs or more and only 3.0% reported having none. Healthy environment (77.0%) and healthy eating (72.0%) programs were the most widely available; smoking and alcohol use cessation were reported in 54.0% and 42.0% of the units. Physical activity programs were offered in less than 40.0% of the units and their availability varied greatly nationwide, from 51.0% in the Southeast to as low as 21.0% in the North. The Family Health Strategy was implemented in most units (61.0%); however, they did not offer more health promotion programs than others did.CONCLUSIONS Our study showed that most primary care units have in place health promotion programs. Public policies are needed to strengthen primary care services and improve training of health providers to meet the goals of the agenda for health promotion in Brazil.

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“…The most frequently reported activities were supervised walking groups (81.1%), stretching and relaxation (77.3%), and fitness evaluation (67.1%). 4 …”

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“…Corroborating with the data found, a recent study that investigated the characteristics of actions to promote physical activity in a representative sample of primary health units throughout Brazil, showed that the prevalence of physical activity interventions was higher in units located in municipalities with FHSC 32 . e Ministry of Health has been increasing the number of FHSC teams in Brazil.…”

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“…A descriptive study of the programs that were part of the health promotion network in Brazil showed that physical education professionals were the ones mainly responsible for coordinating activities in municipalities 22 . Most of the interventions to promote physical activity performed in primary health units in Brazil are already coordinated by physical education professionals 32 . Health managers and professionals working in primary health care also recognize physical education professionals as very important in actions to promote physical activity in SUS 24,34 .…”

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Promoção da atividade física e da alimentação saudável e a saúde da família em municípios com academia da saúde

Florindo¹,

Nakamura²,

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Rev. bras. educ. fís. esporte

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Rev Bras Educ Fís Esporte, (São Paulo) 2016 Out-Dez; 30(4): 925-36 • 925 Health family, physical activity, and healthy eating IntroductionPromotion of physical activity, healthy eating and family health in municipalities with health gym CDD. 20.ed. 613 . In addition, surveys among samples of adult population in Brazilian capitals have indicated that 60% of adults do not engage in any kind of leisure physical activity and about 85% of people do not practice at least 150 minutes of physical activity in this domain [6][7] . AbstractThe present study aimed at: 1) describing the prevalence of actions to promote physical activity and healthy eating and describing the characteristics of family health strategies in Brazilian municipalities funded to implement the "Health Gym Program"; and 2) verifying the prevalence of these actions according to the presence of Family Health Support Centers (FHSC) and the presence of physical education professionals and nutritionists in the health family teams. We conducted telephone interviews with public health managers in 2012 in all cities funded to implement the "Health Gym Program". We described the frequencies (%) of the family health teams' characteristics and of the physical activity and healthy eating actions, and we calculated the prevalence in municipalities with and without FHSC, and in municipalities with and without physical education professionals and nutritionists in the teams. We used the chi-square test to evaluate the associations. Out of a total of 5,570 municipalities in Brazil in 2012, 2,074 (37.2%) were funded to implement the program, and amongst them, 44.1% (n = 914 public health managers) participated in the survey. Most of the municipalities did not have FHSC teams (61.5%), though reported developing physical activity (84.1%) or healthy eating actions (83.9%). The education sector was referred to as a public partner in most actions. The prevalence of physical activity (91.5%, p < 0.001) and healthy eating (88.2%, p = 0.006) actions was higher in cities with FHSC than in their counterparts. The prevalence of primary care actions was higher in municipalities that had physical education professionals and nutritionists in teams. Having FHSC with physical education professionals and nutritionists is an important factor for promoting physical activity and healthy eating.

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“…The most frequently reported activities were supervised walking groups (81.1%), stretching and relaxation (77.3%), and fitness evaluation (67.1%). 4 Promotion of tobacco cessation was reported in 54.4% of PHCUs, but it was significantly more prevalent in TRAD (60.1%) when compared to FHS (51.9%) and MIX (55.7%). Smoking cessation campaigns were reported in 66.2% of PHCUs, followed by group counselling (51.6%), and use of medication for smoking cessation that was reported in only 32.8% of PHCUs.…”

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Prevalence of health promotion programs in primary health care units in Brazil

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Florindo

Gomes

et al. 2012

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METHODS:We conducted a cross-sectional descriptive study based on telephone interviews with managers of primary care units. Of a total 42,486 primary health care units listed in the Brazilian Unified Health System directory, 1,600 were randomly selected. Care units from all five Brazilian macroregions were selected proportionally to the number of units in each region. We examined whether any of the following five different types of health promotion programs was available: physical activity; smoking cessation; cessation of alcohol and illicit drug use; healthy eating; and healthy environment. Information was collected on the kinds of activities offered and the status of implementation of the Family Health Strategy at the units. RESULTS:Most units (62.0%) reported having in place three health promotion programs or more and only 3.0% reported having none. Healthy environment (77.0%) and healthy eating (72.0%) programs were the most widely available; smoking and alcohol use cessation were reported in 54.0% and 42.0% of the units. Physical activity programs were offered in less than 40.0% of the units and their availability varied greatly nationwide, from 51.0% in the Southeast to as low as 21.0% in the North. The Family Health Strategy was implemented in most units (61.0%); however, they did not offer more health promotion programs than others did. CONCLUSIONS:Our study showed that most primary care units have in place health promotion programs. Public policies are needed to strengthen primary care services and improve training of health providers to meet the goals of the agenda for health promotion in Brazil. In the light of population aging and the consequent growing burden of non-communicable chronic diseases (NCDs), health promotion is a key public health strategy for tackling the NCD epidemic worldwide. a Epidemiological data have shown that, in 2008 in Brazil, a third of the general population (almost 60 million people) reported at least one NCD. DESCRIPTORS: MÉTODOS:Estudo transversal descritivo realizado por meio de entrevistas telefônicas com coordenadores de unidades básicas de saúde. Do total de 42.486 unidades básicas de saúde cadastradas pelo Ministério da Saúde, 1.600 foram aleatoriamente selecionadas. As unidades foram amostradas nas cinco regiões do País de acordo com a proporção de unidades em cada região. Foi analisada a presença ou não de cinco programas de promoção da saúde: promoção de atividade física, cessação de tabagismo, cessação de uso de álcool e drogas ilícitas, alimentação saudável e ambiente saudável. Foram coletados dados sobre o tipo de ações desenvolvidas nos programas e a presença ou não da Estratégia de Saúde da Família na unidade. RESULTADOS:A maioria das unidades básicas de saúde (62,0%) referiu ter pelo menos três programas de promoção da saúde e apenas 3,0% não tinha nenhum. A promoção do ambiente saudável e da alimentação saudável foram os programas mais prevalentes (77,0% e 72,0%, respectivamente), enquanto o controle do tabaco e do álcool foram referidos em 54,0% e 42,0% d...

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Characteristics of physical activity interventions in primary health care settings in Brazil

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Prevalence of health promotion programs in primary health care units in Brazil

Prevalence of health promotion programs in primary health care units in Brazil

Promoção da atividade física e da alimentação saudável e a saúde da família em municípios com academia da saúde

Prevalence of health promotion programs in primary health care units in Brazil

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