Outline of a project for nursing health education on the Instagram social network

Abstract

ABSTRACT Objectives: to characterize the outline of a project for health education and its contributions to the propagation of information on the Instagram social network. Methods: exploratory and descriptive research on an Instagram profile called “@resenhadasaude”;. Data collection: from July 23, 2020, to April 21, 2021. Interaction metrics were generated on 36 posts. Simple and percentage statistical analysis were applied. Results: there are 1,016 followers in Brazil, with a 206.02% growth. The largest audience is teenagers, young people, and women, with a gender difference of 41.8%. The greatest interest was about covid-19, sexual health, and drugs. Followers’ misconceptions reinforce the need for the dissemination of quality information. Conclusions: Instagram metrics point to the project’s validation in terms of audience interest, mostly adolescents and youth. Instagram proved to be powerful for educational purposes and information dissemination, as well as an autonomous field for nursing.

Keywords

• Health Education
• Social Networking
• Health Promotion
• Technology
• Nursing.