Proposta de intervenção para prevenir e controlar a hipertensão arterial na população atendida na ESF Josias Bezerra da Silva no município de Ipiaçu

Abstract

After the situational diagnosis the covered area by the Family Health Strategy Josias Bezerra da Silva was observed high prevalence of hypertensive patients. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to develop an action plan to prevent and control hypertension in the covered area by the Family Health Strategy Josias Bezerra da Silva. The methodology is carried out in three stages: realization of situational diagnosis; literature review and the development of action plan. In this study we selected the following critical node: habits and lifestyles inadequate; low level of information from the population; inefficient structure of healthcare; health team work process inappropriate. Based on these critical nodes were proposed the following actions to oppose: creation of projects “changing habits” in order to modify lifestyle habits; “+ information” to increase the population's level of information on hypertension; “appropriate structure” to improve the structure of the services and; “care line” to deploy the type of care for hypertensive patients. It is believed that this action plan has conditions to increase the level of information from the population about hypertension and stimulate and encourage the modification of lifestyle habits. Besides that, it is believed that this action plan will provide hypertensive subjects a better service.