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Mobile Applications and Healthy Habits of Adolescents, a Strange Couple: Pilot Study of the Efficacy of the Healthy Jeart App

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  • María Ángeles Merino-Godoy

    (Faculty of Nursing, University of Huelva, Campus de El Carmen, 21007 Huelva, Spain)

  • Carmen Yot-Domínguez

    (Faculty of Education, University of Seville, 41013 Sevilla, Spain)

  • Patricia Villaciervos-Moreno

    (Faculty of Education, Valencian International University, 46002 Valencia, Spain)

  • Emilia Moreno-Sánchez

    (Faculty of Education, University of Huelva, Campus de El Carmen, 21007 Huelva, Spain)

Abstract

The present study aims to analyse the healthy habits of a group of adolescents before and after an educational intervention using the Healthy Jeart mobile app. This is the first pilot study on Healthy Jeart, based on a single intervention with experimental and control groups. The participants were secondary education students in the third and fourth years, from an educational centre in Huelva (Spain). They were distributed between a control group and an experimental group. Information about their habits was obtained through a questionnaire prepared from the HSBC (Health Behaviour in School-aged Children) instrument, which was administered before and after the intervention. Although the results do not indicate a substantial change in the habits of the participants, there were some intragroup differences. In the experimental group, a difference was obtained in the feeling of being fit and healthy. The global perspective on health of the app would explain this change.

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  • María Ángeles Merino-Godoy & Carmen Yot-Domínguez & Patricia Villaciervos-Moreno & Emilia Moreno-Sánchez, 2022. "Mobile Applications and Healthy Habits of Adolescents, a Strange Couple: Pilot Study of the Efficacy of the Healthy Jeart App," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(9), pages 1-13, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:14:y:2022:i:9:p:5249-:d:802789
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    1. Xian Mayo & Antonio Luque-Casado & Alfonso Jimenez & Fernando del Villar, 2020. "Physical Activity Levels for Girls and Young Adult Women versus Boys and Young Adult Men in Spain: A Gender Gap Analysis," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(15), pages 1-7, August.
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