Studies evaluating of health interventions at schools: an integrative literature review

Authors

  • Eliabe Rodrigues de Medeiros Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte; Departamento de Enfermagem
  • Danielle Gonçalves da Cruz Rebouças Escola da Assembleia Legislativa do Rio Grande do Norte
  • Alany Carla de Sousa Paiva Universidade Potiguar; Escola de Saúde
  • Camila Priscila Abdias do Nascimento Universidade de São Paulo; Faculdade de Saúde Pública
  • Sandy Yasmine Bezerra e Silva Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte; Departamento de Enfermagem
  • Erika Simone Galvão Pinto Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte; Departamento de Enfermagem

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/1518-8345.2463.3008

Keywords:

Health, Education, Health Services Research, School Health Services, Program Evaluation, Evaluation Studies

Abstract

Objective: to identify and analyze the available evidence on the strategies used in the studies evaluating health interventions at school. Method: this is an integrative review searching in LILACS, CINAHL, CUIDEN, ScienceDirect, and PubMed. From the pre-defined inclusion and exclusion criteria, there were 121 articles chosen to compose the sample. Results: english studies (97.5%), with a quantitative approach (80.2%), related to the interventions carried out in the Region of the Americas (54.6%) and the European Region (23.1%) predominated. For the most part, they are interventions as programs (70.2%), interested in evaluating results (73.5%) from the value judgment (83.4%). Prevalence of interventions focused on efficacy, effects or impact, and activities carried out on interventions were focused on physical activity, healthy eating, sexual and reproductive health, mental health, and use of tobacco, alcohol, and other drugs. They are worked through activities of clinical monitoring, health promotion and disease prevention. Conclusion: the evidence indicates that the evaluations of health interventions in the school focus the results produced in programs through the judgment of value. The topics most addressed were healthy eating, physical activity, prevention of alcohol and other drugs, among others.

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Published

2018-01-01

Issue

Vol. 26 (2018)

Section

Review Articles

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How to Cite

Studies evaluating of health interventions at schools: an integrative literature review. (2018). Revista Latino-Americana De Enfermagem, 26, e3008. https://doi.org/10.1590/1518-8345.2463.3008