Análise da contribuição de intervenções de promoção da saúde: o caso do Programa Academia da Cidade Recife, Pernambuco

Translated title of the contribution: Analysis of the contribution of health promotion interventions: the case of the Academia da Cidade program in Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

Gisele Cazarin, Ana Cláudia Figueiró, Sónia Dias, Zulmira Hartz

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Abstract

Health promotion policies in several countries propose the practice of physical activity in their guidelines. Assessing the results of these interventions, while providing important decision support, can be challenging. For this study, a theory-drive-evaluation was used, analysis of the contribution. The intervention results chain, the theory of change (ToC), was explained to analyze the elements related to the sustainability of the results of a program called Academia da Cidade (PAC), from 2002 to 2016. For ToC validation, interviews with ten key informants were carried out, and four focus groups were held from June to August 2016. The ToC test was carried out by integrating the qualitative data produced, as well as by performing a literature review and the review of official and technical documents. Thematic content analysis was used. The results indicated that most of the assumptions were confirmed in the presence of other influencing factors (contextual and rival explanations). ToC testing revealed the plausibility and validity of the program’s theory, allowing us to conclude that the sustainability of PAC structuring factors contributed to the maintenance of the expected outcomes, despite the instability that occurred from 2012 to 2016.

Translated title of the contributionAnalysis of the contribution of health promotion interventions: the case of the Academia da Cidade program in Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
Original languagePortuguese
Article numbere320303
JournalPhysis
Volume32
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2022

Keywords

  • Analysis of results
  • Contribution analysis
  • Health evaluation
  • Health promotion
  • Theory of change

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