Plano de intervenção para diminuição das complicações relativas às doenças cardiovasculares na população residente na área de atuação da Equipe de Saúde da Família Lázaro Medeiros, Itapecerica, Minas Gerais

Abstract

Cardiovascular Diseases (CVD) have been a cause of diseases and death in the world population due to several factors in peoples quality of life such as absence of medical follow up, unbalanced nourishment and lack of physical exercise. When analyzing the main causes of death in the city of Itapecerica, it is appears CVDs represent a high percentage of death among the local population. The situational diagnosis conducted by the team FHP Lazaro Medeiros identified 07 problems, in the area covered by classifying them according to importance, urgency, coping capacity and impact on population health Itapecerica. Data on risks and incidents of CVDs in the local population, as well as other diseases and aggravating factors correlated to them as Hypertension, Diabetes, Acute Myocardial Infarction, Deep Vein Thrombosis, smoking, physical inactivity, dyslipidemia, and others were raised. However, the current study aimed to develop an intervention plan for the prevention and monitoring of Cardiovascular Diseases, seeking to prevent and reduce the complications of prevalent cardiovascular risk, prioritizing stimulating habits and healthy lifestyles in the community assisted at (Family Health Program) Lázaro Medeiros, Itapecerica city, Minas Gerais state. A literature review was also conducted in virtual libraries LILACS, SciELO, WIKIPEDIA in articles published between 2000 and 2012. The following keywords were searched: Cardiovascular Disease, Diabetes Mellitus, Myocardial Infarction , Smoking, Sedentary Lifestyle and Hypertension. Apart from articles were also searched term papers, Specialization in Family Health (CEASF) UFMG technical manuals and texts and the Ministry of Health. Thus, assuming that when it comes to health prevention is still the best medicine, the Intervention Plan presented actions aimed at the prevention and monitoring of population health, more effective care for those individuals who are already at risk group and change in the habits of others.