Plano de intervenção para modificação dos fatores socioambientais que provocam a alta prevalência de Hipertensão arterial sistêmica e suas complicações na Unidade Básica de Saúde de Passa Vinte / Minas Gerais

Abstract

The arterial high blood pressure (HAS) is the most important among the causes you were modifying of mortality cardiovascular precocious in whole world, specially of the vascular encephalic accidents. With elevated and known predominance be several decades in the industrialized countries, and in the last decade in someone in development, the interest shears epidemiological of the HAS remains constant in the course of the time. In part that is due to historical facts on the HAS: elevated frequencies of the population ignorance on his levels of blood pressure, not adhesion to the treatments and / or low frequencies of control between those who are treated. That shows that, on the whole, the strategies used for promotion and protection to the health have been ineffective to revert habits and incompatible behaviors with healthy life, besides the lack of access to the medical attention of good quality. The objective of this study was to propose a plan for tackling the social and environmental factors that cause the high prevalence of hypertension and its complications in the population served bythe Basic Health Unit Passa-Vinte, using the Situational strategic planning method. This reality demands the development of actions to improve the quality of life of hypertensive patients, promote knowledge of them and their families about the disease and about self care, stimulating lifestyle modification, the correct use of medicines and ensuring adequate comprehensive care of patients in health services. The study made it possible to verify that the HAS can in many cases be sufficiently controlled by hygienic dietary measures and regular practice of physical exercises, which are important for the prevention of complications of the disease and to the identification and control of risk factors