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. 2021 Mar 30;9(4):378.
doi: 10.3390/healthcare9040378.

Nominal Groups to Develop a Mobile Application on Healthy Habits

Mª Soledad Palacios-Gálvez  1   2 , Montserrat Andrés-Villas  1 , Mercedes Vélez-Toral  1 , Ángeles Merino-Godoy  3
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Nominal Groups to Develop a Mobile Application on Healthy Habits

Mª Soledad Palacios-Gálvez et al. Healthcare (Basel). .

Abstract

The new pandemic-lockdown situation has caused empowerment of new technologies; mobile phones and computers have gained further importance. Homes have become the new educators of health since health education has decreased or stopped during the pandemic. The lack of knowledge in the child and adolescent population about how to incorporate healthy habits in their daily lives, along with the rise of health devices and the introduction of healthcare in the syllabus, has led to the realization of the present study. The aim of this study was to identify the relevant health topics in a sample of adolescents for the later development of a mobile application (Healthy Jeart) that promotes the adoption of healthy lifestyle habits in adolescence. The information was gathered through the technique of nominal groups. The sample was recruited by nonprobability purposive sampling, with a total of 92 students from 4 educational centers of the province of Huelva (Spain). According to the obtained results, the most relevant categories were physical wellbeing (40.81%), psychological wellbeing (22.13%), interpersonal relationships and social skills (21.58%), toxic substances and addictions (10.35%) and sex habits (1.83%). This technique allowed identifying and selecting the most relevant content areas of the "Healthy Jeart" application.

Keywords: adolescence; education; health; mobile application; nominal groups.

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The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Image of the game (from the website: www.healthyjeart.com, accessed on 26 February 2021).
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Image from the website. Frontal page of the didactic activities of physical activity.
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