Health promotion for adolescents: Specific characteristics of group programs

Abstract

Adolescence is a period of transition, marked by physical, cognitive, and psychosocial transformations, therefore, the development of health-promoting elements for these individuals is important. The objective of this paper is to carry out an integrative review based on the guiding question: "what characteristics of group health promotion programs are aimed at adolescents?", between 2008 and 2018. Searches were carried out in the SciELO, LILACS, PubMed, and PsycInfo databases, in the month of July 2018, using the keywords "teenager", "mental health", "health promotion", "group", and "program". As a result, 17 articles were included, presenting interventions based on different specific theoretical approaches and themes, with a predominance of social and life skills. Weekly meetings and programs lasting at least seven sessions in a school environment and without the participation of parents or guardians predominated.

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“…Moreover, Figure 4 shows that "obesity" is one of the top 10 keywords by frequency, the term "obesity" was used as a keyword and was included as their objectives (e.g., Dolley et al, 2023;Marcos-Pasero et al, 2023). Meanwhile, "health promotion" was also used in different studies as a keyword and involved in the objectives of their study (e.g., Michalak, 2020;Peron & Neufeld, 2022;Schubin et al, 2021). Keywords serve as significant markers for research publications since they help with discoverability and classification.…”

“…The keywords "exercise" and "implementation" have also been used in different studies as well as the "intervention", which is the action to change the behavior and perspective of every participant in an instance based on their study. Moreover, Figure 4 shows that "obesity," "health promotion," and "health is the three least commonly used a keyword, the terms "obesity," "health promotion," and "health" were used as keywords and was included as their objectives (e.g., Dolley et al, 2023;Marcos-Pasero et al, 2023;Michalak, 2020;Peron & Neufeld, 2022;Schubin et al, 2021). Geographical Distribution.…”