Plano de ação contra Hipertensão Arterial Sistêmica na Unidade de Saúde, Programa Saúde da Família fogo do município de Lambari - Minas Gerais

Abstract

This work was carried out at the Basic Health Unit, Family Health Program Fogo, in Lambari, Minas Gerais in the context of primary health care. Systemic arterial hypertension is a chronic disease that can trigger, heart failure, stroke and chronic kidney disease, and with a strong correlation in the development of dementia and cognitive illness. In this work, the objective was to develop an action plan to control and reduce cases of systemic arterial hypertension in individuals of Family Health Program Fogo, in the city of Lambari - Minas Gerais. Therefore, in this work, an action plan was developed with three points to combat Systemic Arterial Hypertension. The first point is to develop educational actions aimed at informing the Family Health Program population about the dangers and risks of this disease. The second is to update the community health agents to deal with the hypertension problem. And finally, the development of therapeutic actions for the prevention and treatment of hypertension, using physical exercise as a method. With this work, it was possible to identify problematic situations at the health unit, equating them according to the priorities and resources available to face the problem. With this, it was possible to elaborate an action plan to face systemic arterial hypertension.