Effectiveness of the Nursing Intervention in Health Promotion among Health Brigade Members

Abstract

Introduction: A previous exploratory study found insufficient knowledge on health promotion among health brigade members from the Cuban Women Federation and permitted to identify regularities in the preparation of participatory techniques.

Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of nursing intervention on health promotion among health brigade members.

Methods: A quantitative quasiexperimental research without a control group was carried out with health brigade members from San José de las Lajas Municipality, Mayabeque Province, Cuba, in the period September-December 2021. A study universe of 469 was applied a descriptive survey and Cronbach's alpha coefficient was calculated to measure its reliability. Absolute frequency distributions and percentages were used, and the association between variables was obtained with the nonparametric Wilcoxon signed-rank test.

Results: According to Nola J. Pender's model, the intervention permitted to evaluate the perceived benefits of action (85.71%), the perceived barriers to action (87.84%), the perceived self-efficacy (95.94%), the activity-related affect (90.40%), as well as the interpersonal and situational influences (98.93%), among the health brigade members.

Conclusions: The nursing intervention on health promotion among health brigade members was effective, with statistical significance in the evaluated aspects.