A prevenção da desnutrição infantil na área de abrangência da Equipe de Saúde da Família Paulo Alcione Marques em Santa Rosa do Purus - Acre

Abstract

This study aims to elaborate an intervention plan to reduce the malnutrition index in children under one year to seven years old in the health area of the Paulo Alcione Marques Health family in the Municipality of Santa Rosa do Purus - Acre. Child malnutrition and its complications can jeopardize the development and growth of children, so it is necessary to identify their causes and seek ways to prevent malnutrition through a team intervention. With this help the community and families through actions to combat child malnutrition which is one of the causes of death of children under to five years. The methodology used included: situational diagnosis performed by the health team, bibliographic review on the topic and preparation of the intervention plan. The main "critical nodes" of the problem were identified as: high incidence of diarrhea, population misinformation about nutrition and malnutrition, and precarious hygiene and sanitation conditions, and then actions were taken to cope with them. With the implementation of this intervention, reduce the malnutrition of children under seven years and these may have more health.