Crianças desnutridas em situação de vulnerabilidade social e as ações de educação nutricional

Abstract

Malnutrition still remains one of the most common cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide . In Brazil, although the prevalence of childhood malnutrition has decreased in the recent decades, the percentage of deaths from severe malnutrition in hospitals, remains around 20 % , much higher than recommended by the World Health Organization ( WHO ) figures. The health sector can contribute to nutrition education inshort and medium term to an effective reduction in the number of nutritional deficiencies . For this, it uses many efficienty tools , such as dialogue, encouraging effective communication , which is essential for education and human relations . This study aims to determine how the actions of health promotion and education can be carried out , in order to minimize the damage caused by malnutrition . The methodology used for this study was a literature review. Before this it was possible to verify that the man , whether literate or not , is able to capture the data of reality , to know this and transform his reality. Health professionals and the public must understand that health depends not only on the actions of care that are offered by service , but that prevention of any disease is a consequence of population education . Thus , health services shouldprovide communities , ways to benefit from the availability of educational information in order to provide a transformation of its health conception .