Proposta de intervenção para aumentar a adesão da população do sexo masculino do Centro de Saúde Lagoa ao Programa Academia da Saúde - Belo Horizonte - MG

Abstract

After situational diagnosis of the area covered by team 4 of the Lagoa Basic Health Unit it was observed low adherence of male users to health promotion and prevention programs. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to develop an action plan to increase the membership of the male population of team 4 in the City Academy Program and in the health promotion operative groups. The methodology is carried out in three stages: situational diagnosis; literature review and action plan. In this study, the following critical nodes were selected: low level of men's information on the importance of changing health promotion habits and; hours of operation of health services does not meet the majority of male audience. Based on these critical nodes were proposed the following actions in order to confront: creation of projects “more health!” to increase the level of information of the male population on the benefits of physical exercises in promoting and maintaining health and preventing diseases; and “Man Thing” in order to extend the hours of operation of the Basic Health Unit Lagoa to meet the demand of male users who work at a time coincident with the functioning of the Health Unit. It is hoped that this action plan will be able to improve the level of information of the male population, and, consequently, improve their quality of life