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Review
. 2025 Mar 14;78(2):e20240096.
doi: 10.1590/0034-7167-2024-0096. eCollection 2025.

Use of the Health Promotion Model by Nursing in Primary Care: an integrative review

[Article in English, Portuguese]
Mayara Góes Dos Santos  1 , Nathália Ivulic Pleutim  1 , Andreia Insabralde de Queiroz-Cardoso  1 , Lorraine Dos Santos Ramalho  1 , Verusca Soares de Souza  2 , Elen Ferraz Teston  1
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Use of the Health Promotion Model by Nursing in Primary Care: an integrative review

[Article in English, Portuguese]
Mayara Góes Dos Santos et al. Rev Bras Enferm. .

Abstract
in English, Spanish

Objective: To summarize the scientific literature in nursing that has utilized Nola Pender's Health Promotion Model in primary care.

Method: An integrative review conducted in March 2023, using databases such as Embase, Elsevier's Scopus, Biblioteca Virtual em Saúde, Medline via PubMed, Web of Science, and Ovid.

Results: A total of 660 articles were identified, with eight articles included in the final sample. The evidence highlighted the applicability of the Health Promotion Model in various contexts: dietary behaviors in individuals with hypertension, healthy aging, breastfeeding in first-time mothers, and educational programs aimed at improving behavior and increasing knowledge in individuals living with HIV.

Conclusions: The synthesis of the nursing literature that applied Nola Pender's Health Promotion Model in primary care demonstrated that the model provides a valuable framework for implementing nursing interventions focused on health-promoting behaviors and increasing individuals' engagement in their own health care.

Objetivo:: Resumir las producciones científicas de la Enfermería que utilizaron el Modelo de Promoción de la Salud de Nola Pender en la Atención Primaria.

Método:: Revisión integrativa, realizada en las bases de datos Embase, Elsevier’s Scopus, Biblioteca Virtual en Salud, Medline vía PubMed, Web of Science y Ovid, en marzo de 2023.

Resultados:: Se identificaron 660 artículos, de los cuales ocho compusieron la muestra final. La evidencia destacó la aplicabilidad del Modelo de Promoción de la Salud en diversas condiciones: comportamientos alimentarios de personas con hipertensión; envejecimiento saludable; lactancia materna en primíparas; y en programas de educación para mejorar el comportamiento y aumentar el conocimiento en personas que viven con VIH.

Conclusiones:: La síntesis de las producciones científicas de la Enfermería que utilizaron el Modelo de Promoción de la Salud de Nola Pender en la Atención Primaria señaló que dicho modelo proporciona bases para la implementación de intervenciones de enfermería enfocadas en comportamientos promotores de salud y en el compromiso del individuo con su propia salud.

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Figure 1. Flowchart of identification, screening, eligibility, and inclusion of studies for the integrative review, 2023
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Figura 1. Fluxograma de identificação, triagem, elegibilidade e inclusão dos estudos de revisão integrativa, 2023
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