Plano de intervenção para controle do Câncer de Próstata pela Equipe de Saúde da Família Santo Antônio, em Cambuí/Minas Gerais

Abstract

The municipality of Cambuí is located at south / southwest of Minas Gerais. It has an estimated population of 29,165 inhabitants. After analyzing the problems that exist in the area covered by the family health team in Santo Antônio, it was considered that the main problem is the high incidence of prostate cancer in the male population over 40 years of age. This disease is considered a public health problem, and its prevention can avoid complications that appear in cases detected late. To prevent its appearance, it is necessary to act on some risk factors of the disease, such as: life habits, physical activities, body weight, alcohol and tobacco consumption. It is also necessary to increase the knowledge and assistance of the male population to health centers to achieve an early diagnosis. This work aims to develop an intervention proposal to increase the coverage of preventive examinations to detect prostate cancer in men over 45 years, for this was developed a Strategic Situational Planning, using the methodology of the Rapid Estimation to reach the problems faced by the community and a review of the literature on the subject of prostate cancer, in journals indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL), as well as in the NESCON Virtual Library, manuals, guidelines, books, texts and subjects offered in the course of Specialization in Basic Attention. After the implementation of the intervention plan, it is expected to raise the level of knowledge about prostate cancer, changes in lifestyles and improvements in the health of the population.