Educação em saúde bucal: uma proposta de intervenção

Abstract

The Family Health Strategy (FHS) is an alternative means of overcoming one of the major paradigms in the health care area, because it proposes a shift in the idea of the health-disease process. Such strategy is different from the traditional model based on the offering of disease and treatment health care services as it takes actions towards the pursuit of the quality of life as a whole. One of the ways to face the main oral health problems such as dental caries and lack of information, which largely occur in the area covered by FHS Santa Ruth, could be the designing of alternative ways of assistance and health care beyond private dental visits for example, by prioritizing collective actions. Such actions are essential for good oral health and as a way to reach the population of the whole area with appropriated health education, preventive measures and improvement of the quality of life. The objective of this study is to design a plan of action for improvement and reorganization of the Santa Ruth Oral Health Team (OHT) working process. It aims to increase the offering of collective actions related to oral health promotion and to minimize the main oral health problems identified by the Family Health Program Situational Diagnosis of the related area. A previous literature review was carried out with the keywords dental caries, promotion of health, oral health, health education and preventive dentistry for grounded theory. Theory modules from Curso de Especialização em Atenção Básica em Saúde da Família (CEABSF), Virtual Library of Nescon-Programa Àgora, text books and magazines related to the studied subject were also used. The project design was based on the Planning and Evaluation of Health Actions from CEABSF/NESCON guidelines. The inclusion of collective actions related to the promotion of oral health is a strategy that improves self care and autonomy of individuals, while it encourages their responsibility in the health-disease process.