The use of individual tracking programs in public health: a bioethics dilemma.

Objective: to understand the bioethical perspectives on mobile tracking device use.

Methods: theoretical study based on action research, carried out with eight graduate students from a public university. A focus group was used, with a thematic content analysis methodology with a codebook structure, approved by the Research Ethics Committee.

Validity and reliability of the Smoking-related Health Literacy Assessment Scale.

Objective: To create an instrument to assess smoking-related health literacy among smokers, and to estimate validity of its content and reliability.

Methods: A methodological, quantitative study. The creation of the instrument included the following steps: establishing a conceptual structure; defining objectives and target population; preparation of items or response scales; selecting and organizing items; instrument structuring; content validation and pre-test.

Factors associated with prehypertension and hypertension among healthcare workers working in high-complexity services.

The objective was to estimate the prevalence and factors associated with prehypertension and hypertension among health workers who work in high-complexity services for critically-ill and chronic patients. An epidemiological, cross-sectional study was carried out with 490 health workers in the macroregional region of Northern Minas Gerais, Brazil. The dependent variable blood pressure (BP) was categorized as normal BP, prehypertension and hypertension.

Hardy personality and associated factors in health professionals active in services that treat critical patients.

This study aimed to identify factors associated with the hardy personality in health professionals working in hospital services that treat critically ill patients. This is an epidemiological, cross-sectional, and analytical study conducted with 469 health professionals. We used the Hardiness Scale (HS), coupled with a questionnaire to investigate sociodemographic, occupational, and health conditions.

Validity and reliability of the Health Literacy Assessment Scale for adherence to drug treatment among diabetics.

Objective: To prepare an instrument to evaluate health literacy with regard to adherence to drug treatment among diabetics, identify the validity of its content, and estimate its reliability.

Methods: Pilot study, with the following stages of instrument construction: literature review, content validation, reliability estimation (internal consistency/Cronbach's alpha and reproducibility/Kappa).

Results: The validity of content was completed and presented alpha=0.