Hipertensão e Diabetes: estratégias para melhorar a adesão ao tratamento

Abstract

The municipality of Ponto Chique located in northern of Minas Gerais, bordering São Francisco river, has a population of approximately 4,000 inhabitants of very low socioeconomic status and has a poor health education. Then, there is the need to detect which are the main needs in this important area. Through direct analysis, discussion with team members and interviews with users, problems to be solved were defined. After the priorities and coping ability of each being defined, is chosen which is going to be addressed. The situational analysis of the FHS Antonio Colivan pointed out the need for greater adherence of Diabetes Mellitus and Hypertension as a primary target for intervention service, targeting further information about the disease, encouraging physical exercise, proper use of medication and higher performance of the team in tackling these diseases. This work is a proposal for intervention Unit FHS Antonio Colivan staff on strategies to improve adherence to treatment of Diabetes Mellitus and Hypertension.