Plano de ação para reduzir a prevalência de cárie dentária em crianças de quatro e cinco anos, assistidas em creche de uma unidade da ESF de Governador Valadares/MG

Abstract

Dental caries is a multifactorial disease. Its prevalence is common and is a public health problem, with consequences of great importance in people affected. The aim of this study was to present a plan of action to reduce the prevalence of dental caries in children aged four and five years, assisted in daycare FHS Governador Valadares / MG. For the scientific basis was made a narrative review on dental caries and actions to confront its prevalence in children. The literature search used the following keywords dental caries, oral health education, health promotion and family health. Were evaluated publications since 1998 in Portuguese, found in the Virtual Health Library (VHL) through database Latin American and Caribbean Health Sciences (LILACS) and Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO), in virtual Library of the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) and the library 's virtual platform now the Center for Education in Public Health (NESCON). After reviewing a plan was drafted to intervene, situational diagnosis of the local reality, according to the module Planning and Evaluation of Health Actions in the Specialization Course in Primary Care Family Health (CEABSF). The plan proposed intervention is feasible and necessary to confront the problem prioritized. Its central issues to be worked, the empowerment of parents and / or guardians of children and also an intersectoral linkages between health and education sectors.