Health promotion in the context of technosociality: integrative literature review

Abstract

Introduction: In the contemporary world, the use of technologies can be configured as an obstacle or incentive for health promotion. This study aims to find out what has been published about social networks in people's daily lives in the health and illness process for health promotion. Materials and Methods: Integrative literature review in five databases, in the historical section from 2015 to 2019. Results: 12 articles were analyzed, resulting in three categories: "˜Technosociality: Social Network in therapeutic engagement"™; "˜Technosociality: Social Network as an empowerment tool"™; "˜Technosociality: The production of knowledge. Discussion: The need for evaluation to validate socialized information is highlighted, and a debate on the effectiveness of the practical application of the knowledge acquired by the user. Conclusions: The focus on empowerment in the debate on social networks is mostly focused on the individual perspective, falling short of encouraging community participation suggested in the National Health Promotion Policy.