Nominal Groups to Develop a Mobile Application on Healthy Habits

Area of Science:

• Health Education
• Adolescent Health
• Mobile Health

Background:

• The COVID-19 pandemic increased reliance on technology for education and health information.
• Decreased formal health education during lockdowns highlighted a need for accessible resources for adolescents.
• Growing interest in health devices and integrated healthcare curricula prompted this research.

Purpose of the Study:

• To identify crucial health topics relevant to adolescents.
• To inform the development of the "Healthy Jeart" mobile application.
• To promote healthy lifestyle habits among adolescents.

Main Methods:

• Nominal group technique used for data collection.
• Nonprobability purposive sampling employed.
• 92 students from 4 educational centers in Huelva, Spain, participated.

Main Results:

• Physical wellbeing emerged as the top priority (40.81%).
• Psychological wellbeing (22.13%) and interpersonal skills (21.58%) were also highly relevant.
• Toxic substances/addictions (10.35%) and sex habits (1.83%) were identified as less prominent but important areas.

Conclusions:

• The study successfully identified key health content areas for the "Healthy Jeart" app.
• Findings support the development of targeted mobile health interventions for adolescent wellbeing.
• Adolescents' perspectives are crucial for creating effective health promotion tools.