Isabele Torquato Mozer Rosa, Aurea Christina de Paula Corrêa, Nuno Damácio de Carvalho Félix, Jeane Cristina Anschau Xavier Oliveira
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Abstract
Objectives: to develop a middle-range nursing theory for men's health promotion aligned with the gender equality Sustainable Development Goal.
Methods: an inductive-deductive theoretical study, analyzing the Health Promotion Model, conceptual analysis, purpose, propositions, assumptions, and modeling. The empirical basis was drawn from the national survey on the Brazilian National Policy for Comprehensive Men's Health Care from a gender equality perspective.
Results: known as the Lighthouse Theory, the theory is composed of 17 concepts, ten propositions, and four assumptions, represented in a model, with the purpose of describing men's health promotion, culminating in an action plan for healthy behaviors, aiming for equality in health care.
Final considerations: the Lighthouse Theory offers an innovative theoretical framework for nursing and health, strengthening men's health promotion practices by describing specific behaviors.
期刊介绍:
The Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem created in 1932, March 20 is the official publication of the Associação Brasileira de Enfermagem (Brazilian Nursing Association) has as purpose to disseminate the scientific production from different nursing interest areas of knowledge, including those which express the political project of the Association. The Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem is the oldest journal of the Brazilian nursing. Its first title was "Annaes de Enfermagem" from 1932 to 1941, being entitled Anais de Enfermagem" until 1955, when its title was changed to the current.