Promotion of healthy lifestyles in Primary Care in Latin America. Bibliographic review

Resumen

The promotion of healthy lifestyles in Latin America is presented as a priority issue in relation to social health problems, as it occurs in the provision of primary services. This paper aims to examine the close interrelationship between the practices of health professionals, social interactions and health mediation in terms of its effectors. An analytic-synthetic documentary research approach, an analysis of 19 scientific articles produced between 2014 and 2024 and published in indexed databases such as PubMed, SciELO and ScienceDirect was conducted. The most significant findings suggest that health professionals are key players in teaching for health promotion. Specific strategies, including motivational interviewing and nurse-led initiatives, were effective in clinical practice in reducing risk factors. These gaps also highlight the operational limitations that remain from the systematic evaluation and use of technologies. Final recommendations call for improving practitioner skills, modifying strategies to the local context, and strengthening technology convergence in order to scale interventions.