Intervenção no acompanhamento dos pacientes hipertensos residentes no território da Estratégia de Saúde da Família São Pedro 2 em Governador Valadares-MG

Abstract

The town of Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, has 41 teams of the Family Health Strategy (FHS) and among them São Pedro 2 is located in a neighborhood in which the enrolled clientele consists of a considerable proportion of elderly people with high prevalence of chronic diseases, such as hypertension. Therefore, hypertension control is a challenge and need proper monitoring. Also, this disease is one of the most prevalent in Brazil and its complications place great public health impact. It is a disease that can and should be controlled, and needs a lot of attention throughout the health system, mainly in the Primary Health Care. Therefore, this present study, by conducting the situation analysis and the implementation of the strategic health planning methodology, aimed to demonstrate the need and the importance of using the Primary Care Guidelines of the Ministry of Health, as protocol, in the FHS São Pedro 2, through the creation of a specific agenda, cardiovascular risk stratification, maintenance of medical visits and laboratory tests during diagnosis and treatment.