Plano de ação para diminuição da prevalência de depressão entre os moradores do município de Belmiro Braga - Minas Gerais

Abstract

Depression is one of the major problems faced in the present time, compromising the healthof the population and constituting anexpressive burdenon public health. Based on the situationaldiagnosis of thecoverage area of themunicipality ofBelmiro Braga there washigh prevalence of depression. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to develop an action plantoreducetheprevalence of depressionamong residentsof the municipality ofBelmiro Braga-MG. The methodology is carried out in three stages: situational diagnosis; literature review and action plan.In this studyweselectedthe followingcritical node:idleness; few possibilities of leisure and; alcoholism. Based on thesecritical nodeswere proposedthe followingactions to oppose: creation of projects new lifestyle to educate the population about the importance of changing lifestyles in order to avoid idleness; more leisure to increase the supplyof leisure activities and; no to alcohol in order to implementactionsto combatalcoholism. The expected outcome ofthisaction plan is a decline ofthe prevalence of depressionamong residentsof the municipality ofBelmiro Braga-MG.