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An App about Healthy Habits as an Educational Resource during the Pandemic.

Maria-de-Los-Angeles Merino-GodoyEmilia Moreno-SánchezFrancisco-Javier Gago-ValienteEmília Isabel Martins Teixeira da CostaJesús Sáez-Padilla
Published in: Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) (2022)
Educational institutions and their agents play a fundamental role in improving people's health literacy and quality of life. We intend here to describe and justify an educational resource embodied in an application for mobile devices developed through a subsidized project by the Ministry of Health (Government of Andalusia); the purpose of this app is to educate young people in healthy habits. The application was designed to be easily used in both smartphones and tablets with the aim of achieving good physical, psychological and social health. The project comprises several phases and the results we have so far show that, from an early age, health institutions and educational settings must work in partnership, increasing health literacy levels. This cooperative work combined with the use of this innovative approach presents an important potential for change in the lifestyles of younger generations. This type of intervention took on a special role in the pandemic context, allowing for the maintenance of the educational stimulus in a safe context.
Keyphrases
  • mental health
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  • coronavirus disease
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  • quality improvement
  • human health
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  • social media
  • climate change