Banca de DEFESA: MARTA SILVÂNERE PEREIRA DANTAS

Uma banca de DEFESA de MESTRADO foi cadastrada pelo programa.
STUDENT : MARTA SILVÂNERE PEREIRA DANTAS
DATE: 27/11/2020
TIME: 14:15
LOCAL: Google Meet
TITLE:

Development and validation of an application for mobile devices to prevent drug use among adolescents

KEY WORDS:

Adolescent. Mental health. Educational technology. Health education.

PAGES: 103
BIG AREA: Ciências da Saúde
AREA: Saúde Coletiva
SUMMARY:

Introduction: Adolescence is a phase of human development in which transformations occur, and adolescents can become more vulnerable to certain risk situations such as involvement with drugs. Objective: To develop and validate an application for mobile devices in order to promote health and prevent drug use among adolescents. Method: This is an applied methodological research, of technological production, in which the Follow Life mobile application (follow life!) was developed and validated, to be used both in the educational and assistance spheres. The study participants were experts with knowledge and active in the theme of prevention of drug use, computer experts and the target audience formed by adolescents. For data collection, forms were used through the Google forms tool containing questions about the characteristics of the evaluators and aspects of the application related to functionality, usability, reliability and efficiency. Results: considering the evaluation of experts and the target audience on aspects of the software, all obtained an evaluation of Content Validity Index (CVI) equal to or higher than the cutoff point, going to maximum evaluations, and the product under study was validated. Conclusion: from the present study it was possible to carry out the development and validation of an application for mobile devices on the theme of prevention of drug use among adolescents.

BANKING MEMBERS:
Presidente - 1286407 - MARIA LUCIA AZEVEDO FERREIRA DE MACEDO
Interna - 2566534 - JACILEIDE GUIMARAES
Externo ao Programa - 1763991 - RUMMENIGGE RUDSON DANTAS
Externa à Instituição - HELIDA SALLES SANTOS - FURG