Elaboração de um plano de intervenção para redução de hipertensos na população do município de Santa Maria do Salto, Minas Gerais

Abstract

Hypertension is classified as a chronic, multifactorial nature and is a risk factor for other diseases, such as cardiovascular. It is a highly prevalent disease considered a public health problem worldwide due to its risk and control difficulties. It is considered the leading cause of death in Brazil according to the Brazilian Society of Hypertension. The Health Family Program team of Santa Maria do Salto in the Minas Gerais State used the Situational Strategic Planning method to raise the community's problems and elect a priority issue for an intervention proposal. From the knowledge of hypertension consequences on the health of the municipality population, the theme was the high incidence of hypertension in the municipality. It was elaborated an intervention plan with the aim of reducing the number of hypertensive patients in the county. In the literature review of this work were used books, articles and publications from government agencies such as the Ministry of Health, in addition to modules for Planning and Evaluation of Health Actions and Introduction to Scientific Methodology Specialization Course in Family Health Strategy. With the Proposal of Intervention seeks to change habits and lifestyles, increase the population's level of knowledge about the disease and its complications, correct the inadequate pharmacological treatments, improve the organization of services to care for hypertensive patients with quality, improve team approach in relation to hypertensive patients and ultimately achieve the reduction in the number of hypertensive patients in the municipality of Santa Maria do Salto, with a improving the quality of life without deterioration of their conditions and a reduction in monetary costs for the individual, family, society and the health system