Alta incidência de parasitismo intestinal no município Jauípe

Abstract

Intestinal parasites remain a severe public health problem especially in developing countries like Brazil. These diseases directly affect the quality of life of patients with this being determined by numerous influences such as sanitation, socioeconomic status, level of education, proper hygiene of food, water and personnel, among others. In less favored classes of families these factors are not satisfactory, the development of actions aimed at reducing parasites and implementing educational practices in environmental health are central to the reduction of morbidity and improve the population's quality of life. The preparation of this project took place from the situational diagnosis of the coverage area and active observation of the population. Intestinal parasitism was elected as the main health problem; we selected "critical nodes" and organized an intervention program trying to reduce the incidence of intestinal parasites through educational activities in the Health Team population of Boa Vista in the municipality of Jacuípe