Plano de intervenção para diminuição do parasitismo intestinal na comunidade de Itapanhoacanga/Alvorada de Minas/Minas Gerais

Abstract

Intestinal parasitism is still very prevalent in Brazil and is considered a major public health problem, since the group most affected by parasitic diseases are children. This untreated morbidity can lead to serious complications such as malnutrition and anemia. The number of parasitosis in children in the community of Itapanhoacanga is high and worrying, so in view of this reality the present work is an intervention project as objective to elaborate an intervention plan to enable the population to reduce the parasitoses of the community of Itapanhoacanga in Alvorada de Minas. To reach this objective, the strategic situation planning (PES) method was used. In the development of the study, a plan of action was developed to reach critical nodes identified as risk factors. Thus the present intervention project proposes to create educational actions to reduce intestinal parasitism and promote a better quality of life for the Itapanhoacanga population.