Proposta de intervenção na abordagem dos pacientes com hipertensão arterial sistêmica na unidade básica de saúde de Diamnate de Ubá - MG

Abstract

Hypertension is a chronic problem encountered daily in the basic health units. It is considered that the prevalence of hypertension in Brazil, is ranging between 22-44%, increasing significantly with increasing age of the population. In Uba Diamond district, control of hypertension is a challenging problem for primary health care. Thus, this study had as its objective, develop an intervention project that led to the reflection of the members of the primary care service and the population of this district, on the relevant topic. Therefore, the work was done from a literature review, using as inclusion criteria, publications in English, Spanish and Portuguese, considering the keywords "Hypertension", "Family Health" and "Health promotion". A situational diagnosis was made, in which the following critical problems were raised: inappropriate habits and lifestyles of the population, low level of information and strong cultural pressure in the district and health team working process of inappropriate family to cope with chronic diseases . After analyzing the critical nodes, the health team outlined goals and developed the project "Living Health", "Saber Viver" and "Caring for You", so that, respectively, can address critical we mentioned above. It is hoped that this project, achieve better blood pressure control in hypertensive, maintain an informed public about hypertension, breaking cultural paradigms to the adherence of the population. We also aim to achieve a comprehensive coverage of hypertensive patients. With the patients and the health team work approach of changes in the district, we hope to change this reality, since it is known that treatment of hypertension in the primary care level, prevents complications and their injuries, which is return a decrease in spending by the public sector and lower morbidity and mortality of the population about risk.