Vamos Program-Technological Innovation for Behavior Change for Older Adults in the Brazilian Unified Health System

B, Tânia Bertoldo; Tomicki, Camila; Lm, Konrad

doi:10.31031/ggs.2019.05.000616

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“…In addition, the program uses RE-AIM as a planning and evaluation tool (Almeida, Brito, & Estabrooks, 2013;Brito et al, 2018). However, this type of program in PHC units, with behavioral, educational, and multidisciplinary approaches aimed at integral health, is still incipient (Benedetti, Tomicki, & Konrad, 2019). Thus, it is relevant to analyze the adoption of the VAMOS in real Brazilian public health settings.…”

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

Tomicki

Rech

Konrad

et al. 2023

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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.

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

Tomicki

Rech

Konrad

et al. 2023

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Active and healthy lifestyle in Brazilian Primary Health Care user’s: A pragmatic clinical trial about "VAMOS" behavior change program

Tomicki

Rech

Gerage

et al. 2021

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This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness and maintenance of the behavior change program "VAMOS", version 2.0, on behavioral and health outcomes in Brazilian users (≥ 18 years) of Primary Health Care (PHC) in Florianópolis, state of Santa Catarina, southern Brazil. A pragmatic clinical trial was carried out between 2016 and 2019 in Basic Health Units, with 265 users allocated in the intervention group (n = 125) and the control group (n = 140). The intervention group participated for three months in the VAMOS to promote physical activity (PA) and a healthy diet. The control group received in a single meeting counseling about the importance of an active and healthy lifestyle. Variables of PA (daily minutes in light PA, moderate-to-vigorous PA, total PA, and sedentary behavior), eating behavior (weekly consumption of fruits, vegetables, and soda drinks), anthropometry (body mass, waist circumference (WC), and body mass index), and quality of life (QOL) (positive or negative perception), were evaluated, through interviews and objective measures, in the pre-intervention, post-intervention, and 12 months after the end of the intervention. The intervention group increased moderate-to-vigorous PA bouts, consumed of vegetables and, QOL, and decreased the consumption of soda drinks and WC (p<0.05). The intervention was sufficient to maintain the achieved benefits of moderate-to-vigorous PA bouts, soda drink consumption, and WC. VAMOS effectively promote an active and healthy lifestyle in PHC users and, its strategies proved to be adequate to maintain the gains acquired. VAMOS is a pioneer and a health innovation.

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Vamos Program-Technological Innovation for Behavior Change for Older Adults in the Brazilian Unified Health System

Cited by 2 publications

References 7 publications

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

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

Active and healthy lifestyle in Brazilian Primary Health Care user’s: A pragmatic clinical trial about "VAMOS" behavior change program

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