Universidades promotoras da saúde e sua relevância dentro do contexto acadêmico

Abstract

The youth is the period in life where individuals are most susceptibles to acquire harmful habits to their health and well-being, such as bad food intake, less hours of sleep, sedentary lifestyle, unprotected sex, alcohol and licit and illicit substance intake, between many other. For this reason, the goal of the present study is to identify health promotion programs in universities, through a systematic literature review. It was used the PRISMA methodology and the scientific databases PubMed, Scielo and Science Direct with the descriptors "student and health promotion program". In the publications, it was identified health promotion programs on the following subjects: mental health, physical activities, nutricion, alcohol and drugs. It is therefore inferred the necessity of specified strategies for health promotion in the university campus, since between the identified studies, some did not succeed in their results. It is hoped that the data and experiences described on this study collaborate in the elaboration and implementation of health promotion politics and programs in universities, aiming the prevention of harmful and vicious habits to health during the academic phase.