O USO DE TECNOLOGIAS NA SAÚDE DO ADOLESCENTE: REVISÃO INTEGRATIVA DA LITERATURA

Abstract

Objective: Identify in scientific literature technologies developed and applicable in adolescent health education. Data sources: Integrative literature review, containing the analysis of ten articles published in four bases of data between 2015 and 2020, translated in English and Portuguese, through of Health Science descriptors (DeCs): technology, health education, adolescents and sending of texts messages. Data synthesis: From ten articles selected, two were in English language (20%) and were developed in the United States of America and eight in Portuguese language (80%) with more prevalence of publication in the year of 2018 with four articles (40%). The technologies addressed were: smartphone, interventions though web (blogs), chat, Power point presentations, automatic text messages, games and educative methodologies. Conclusion: The applicability of technologies had a high resonance with adolescents audience. There is a limitation of quantity of available articles, entirely in free form and Brazilian original versions applying in teens health. There is a good acception of the adolescents from content by the ludic and attractive way which intensificate its assimilation. Others technological tools must be created and spread between the investigated audience in school and at home.