Projeto de intervenção com vistas à redução do índice de parasitose intestinal na área de abrangência da Equipe 2 do Programa Saúde da Família da Comunidade de Piedade do Município Capelinha - Minas Gerais

Abstract

Intestinal parasitosis are very important to public health. Moreover, it can generate social and economic impacts. Generally, rural areas and suburbs of large cities, where it is more common to find people living with less purchasing power. The objective of this work is to propose an action plan in order to reduce the parasite index in the Piedade Community in the city of Capelinha, Minas Gerais. Therefore, it must be drawn up an individual and collective intervention strategy for the production of changes in the health status of this population. One should strengthen the health system link with the carriers of this disease, and encourage the adoption of adequate sanitary measures and the correct treatment of water intended for consumption. Also, it is very important that there is the institutionalization of a continuous process of awareness, empowering the patient and making it critical and protagonist of his health-disease process. Initially, measures will be focused on the area of coverage. However, through inter-sector partners, such as schools, there is the aim to extend the project to the rest of the population. Thus, in the future more critical and healthy citizens may be formed.