Alimentação não saudável associada à hipertensão arterial na equipe da saúde da família 1, município de Inhapi, Alagoas: projeto de intervenção

Abstract

Hypertension is a disease basically detectable through blood pressure measurement; is characterized as a chronic, silent, high prevalence in the population that requires great attention because of its potential to generate complications. A health system organized has good coping ability of this problem. The city of Inhapi-AL has a high prevalence of patients with hypertension that despite appropriate pharmacological treatment does not control the numbers of blood pressure due to bad lifestyle habits and food. Thus, the objective was to prepare an intervention project about eating habits associated with high blood pressure in order to improve control and reduce the incidence of hypertension among the population of the team's coverage area. We selected the patients universe full of hypertensive registered in the area. There were healthy eating guidelines on using different educational techniques and monitoring of patients for hypertension control was carried out during the consultations and home visits relying on the participation of all team members. The development of the Intervention Plan was based on the Situational Strategic Planning Method and literature held in VHL LILACS and SCIELO whose location of articles, theses, dissertations and technical documents took place from Keywords: Hypertension, Lifestyle, diet and poor nutrition habits. A greater understanding of high blood pressure, the need for training of staff and their effective participation, structuring the work process and facing other critical nodes, it was necessary for the project to be successful, ie obtain the decrease figures of blood pressure of hypertensive patients.