Plano de intervenção para diminuição dos casos de parasitose intestinal nos alunos de 5 a 14 anos da escola municipal de educação básica São Pedro na comunidade Jaciobá

Abstract

The Jaciobá community faces daily many problems that negatively affect the health of its population, among them stood out the high incidence of intestinal parasitosis. This disease affects both genders and practically all age groups, affecting, in greater numbers, the children of the region, which could compromise their physical and intellectual development. In this context, the objective is to propose an action plan for reducing cases of intestinal parasitosis in 5-14 year-old students of the Escola Municipal de Educação Básica São Pedro in Jaciobá community. The elaboration of the action plan was based on the Situation Strategic Planning (PES). To subsidize the construction of conceptual bases it was conducted a literature review using virtual database (Lilacs, SciELO, Bireme and the Ministry of Health). The steps that comprise this intervention plan were built according to the critical nodes identified and then proposing strategies to decrease the problem through educational activities conducted by the team itself. The health education practices very effective at a low cost. Through this study, it was revealed that intestinal parasitosis still constitute a serious public health problem, causing several health problems. The correlation between environmental and socioeconomic factors, sanitation, hygiene habits and the frequency of the parasitosis was well established in this paper and other assignments used as source of research.