Proposta de intervenção para diminuir a incidência de hipertensão na população pertencente à Estratégia Saúde da Família, Paulistas – Minas Gerais

Abstract

Complications of Hypertension annually cause millions of deaths being considered one of the major modifiable risk factors and one of the most important public health problems in Brazil and worldwide. Ensure adequate assistance to hypertensive patients need a joint effort between the health staff and the public, involving integrated and systematized actions of educational and welfare type. Health education is an important strategy for the prevention and control of hypertension and complications, which justified the realization of this work, since this injury is the main disease that affects the population of the territory of basic health unit Araci Soares Pascoal Paulistas in the municipality of Minas Gerais, being diagnosed in 875 patients (17.7%) patients with hypertension. The objective of this work is to propose an action plan to reduce the incidence of hypertension cases in the enrolled population health team through the implementation of health education actions. We used the methodology of the Situational Strategic Planning for the definition of the main difficulties, creating strategies for the problems identified, preparation of action plan for hypertensive and training of personnel and evaluation of actions. It is important to the realization of the action plan and its implementation to ensure a better quality of life for patients suffering from this disease. It is suggested that further studies that address the various factors related to hypertension are performed.