Scientific review was performed aiming to systematize the knowledge produced in the field of health promotion, regarding sustainability. Databases consulted were Lilacs, SciELO and Web of Science, in the period between 1989 and 2014. The corpus included 35 papers being analyzed the concept of sustainability, methodology and studies results. It was found that the studies have been devoted to finding factors that influence the sustainability of health interventions, however, there is no scientific evidence about which factors are sufficient for the sustainability. It was concluded that there is little literature on the subject in question at the national level and further investigations are recommended.
Institutionalization; Health evaluation; Health promotion program; Review
