Adoption of an Intervention to Promote Physical Activity and Healthy Eating in Brazilian Health Care Settings

Abstract

We analyzed the adoption of the community intervention “VAMOS Program” in Primary Health Care (PHC). We carried out a community-based study using mixed-methods in Primary Care Units in Florianopolis, Brazil. We assessed adoption through the RE-AIM framework and conducted interviews and focus groups with 33 health professionals and 26 users participating in the intervention. The Primary Care Units adoption rate was 25%, and the adoption rate among professionals was 80%. We identified three themes related to adoption and we found that organizational factors are challenges that health professionals face when they implement collective actions in PHC but were not inherent factors in adopting VAMOS. We conclude that VAMOS Program has the potential to be offered as a new health promotion tool in PHC.

Validation of an Online Course on Postural Care for Preterm Newborns

“…This is due to the differentiated approach of the course, which encourages a collaborative environment in the context of essential care for at-risk newborns. The adherence of professionals to good care practices and health interventions after online training was verified in another study 28 . Even with the workload and professional responsibilities, they are able to easily access these types of courses, including in the workplace, cooperatively with other team members.…”

Barreiras para mudança de comportamento de idosas com excesso de peso participantes do programa vida ativa melhorando a saúde (VAMOS 2.0): Um estudo qualitativo

“…Esse programa é oferecido em nível comunitário (Benedetti et al, 2017) e reúne um corpo de evidências sobre a adoção organizacional (Tomicki et al, 2023), alcance da comunidade (Borges et al, 2019;Konrad et al, 2019), efetividade dos marcadores (Benedetti et al, 2020;Gerage et al, 2017;Meurer et al, 2019;Quadros et al, 2020) e manutenção dos efeitos (Meurer et al, 2020). Contudo, mesmo que a intervenção do programa VAMOS tenha apresentado benefícios, são observadas barreiras para a adesão no programa (Tonosaki et al, 2018).…”