Diminuição de riscos cardiovasculares na população de Tupã: proposta de intervenção

Abstract

Tupa is a neighborhood in Contagem, practically isolated from the urban area, situated on the edge of the dam Floodplain of flowers. Administratively, is subordinate to the Regional flower Vargem. The team of 14 Tupa seeks meet all population of the area composed of 1360 users being 649 (47.7%) were men and 711 (52.3%) were women. Of them, 15 years of 1138 are bigger and have high prevalence of smoking, sedentary lifestyle, alcoholism, hypertension and diabetes mellitus, with an increase in cardiovascular risks due mostly to lack of knowledge of the population. Considering the risks of cardiovascular diseases it is important to elaborate a project of intervention using educational actions to take knowledge on the cardiovascular risk factors to population. Expected to decrease these risks and consequently there will be reduction of incidence of new cases and worsening of already existing diseases, complications, sequela and mortality also possible. The team will receive training to level the knowledge. This intervention is important in the basic attention, since it allows the population to obtain the tools to minimize the development of cardiovascular diseases.