Healthy living behaviors in youth: a comparative study in Brazil, Colombia and Mexico Comportamentos saudáveis de vida em jovens: um estudo comparado no Brasil, na Colômbia e no México Academic Article in Scopus uri icon

abstract

  • © 2022, Associacao Brasileira de Pos - Graduacao em Saude Coletiva. All rights reserved.The physical, mental and social well being, refers to a new concept of health, far from a conceptualisations of absence of disease Addi-tional challenges emerge as individuals face deep social inequities depending on their ethnicity, rural residence or low educational level, as the-se translate to poor access to health services and more difficulties to adhere to healthy living beha-viors. The objective of this study was to assess the perception that adolescents and young adults in Latinamerica have of the importance of healthy living behaviors (HLB) in the physical, emotional and lifestyle spheres. The approach is considered quantitative and descriptive with a cross sectional design. The sampling consisted of 192 young adults in Brazil, Colombia and Mexico. The results show that participants prioritize higher emotional wellbeing. They state that the health crisis changed the perception, as now the value more the emotional side of health, and understand the status of a combination of the different aspects of wellness. The Latinamerican context poses a challenge in designing strategies with a holistic health perspective, with complexities in the economic and sociocultural domains.

publication date

  • January 1, 2022