title: Voice Campaigns in Brazil: Effective Practices in Health Education.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study was to identify the health education practices used during Voice Campaigns in Brazil between 2005 and 2013.
  
  
  METHODS
  This was a descriptive retrospective research study.
  
  
  METHODS
  We analyzed materials from 28 Voice Campaigns carried out between 2005 and 2013. The document analysis technique was used, and the campaigns were categorized as dialogic and unidirectional. The SPSS version 22.0 software was used for statistical analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The southeast region of the country had the highest number of campaigns; however, there were more institutions involved in the south region. A total of 19 different strategies were used, involving nearly 10 million participants in total. There were 2.8-fold more unidirectional campaigns than dialogic campaigns. The trend analysis showed a significant increase in the number of campaigns over the years (average increase of 1.58 dialog campaigns/year and 4.13 unidirectional campaigns/year).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The activities in the Voice Campaign, associated with dialog, followed the precepts of health education; however, these campaigns must be systematized according to the needs of the population to develop strong and efficient strategies.
authors.affiliation: Federal University of Sergipe, Brazil. Electronic address: rodrigodornela@uol.com.br.
authors.forename: Rodrigo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dornelas
authors.affiliation: Pontifical Catholic University of Campinas, Brazil.
authors.forename: Emilse Aparecida Merlin
authors.initials: EAM
authors.lastname: Servilha
authors.affiliation: Municipality of Sao Paulo, Rehabilitation Division of Communication Disorders, Derdic / Pontifical Catholic University of Sao Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Susana Pimentel Pinto
authors.initials: SPP
authors.lastname: Giannini
authors.affiliation: Pontifical Catholic University of Sao Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Leslie Piccolotto
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Ferreira
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D006266:Health Education / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013066:Speech-Language Pathology / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D013997:Time Factors; D014831:Voice; D014832:Voice Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy
keywords: Health; Health education; Voice; Voice Campaign; Voice disorders