Ações para diminuição do tabagismo no território da Equipe de Saúde Santa Rita Em Itabirito - Minas Gerais

Abstract

Smoking is a pandemic and should be considered the leading cause of preventable death worldwide. It should be recognized that the tobacco epidemic is a public health problem and any action directed to their control must have a focus beyond the individual dimension, seeking also encompass social, political and economic variables. Shares in the primary care level by involving the community should be prioritized. In Santa Rita neighborhood Itabirito/MG, smoking was chosen as the main health problem in the community. The district has an estimated 3567 population using the services of a Family Health Team. This study aimed to draw up an action plan for reduction of smoking in Santa Rita from the elaboration of the situational diagnosis of the area. We carried out the method of rapid estimation using data Unit and the Department of Health and interviews with representative community residents, meetings with staff and direct observation of health workers family. Literature review was also made to support the planning through the following databases: SCIELO, LILACS, MEDLINE over the period 1990-2013.In developing the action plan was adopted by the following dynamics: step description to be developed following the theoretical framework discussed in the Department of Planning and Evaluation Actions on Health, Specialization Course in Primary Care in the Family of the Federal University of Minas Gerais Health and specifics of the intervention related to the stages described. Four projects of action was proposed: Stop smoking, + information, Ageing is ten and Change now. Projects act on critical situation: prevention practices and promotion, professional training, culture and youth of pleasure and lifestyle. It was concluded that it is essential to develop a local plan that values of the particularities of the community addressing both addicts as preventing initiation. The school and the adolescent are priorities for intervention. Practitioners must work as a team and coordination with other government sectors.