Projeto de intervenção educativa sobre fatores de risco do Diabetes Mellitus em pacientes na Unidade Básica de Saúde Bom Jardim Ipatinga - Minas Gerais

Abstract

Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is one of the most frequent diseases in Brazil, with a steady increase in recent decades, by which is a public health problem. We should have known about the risk factors and their possible modifications in order to work in a preventive way about them and thus improve the quality of life of the population.After completion of the site diagnostic health of the area covered by the Family Health Strategy (ESF) Bom Jardim was observed a high number of people with diabetes mellitus. So we did a study that aimed to draw up an action plan to encourage healthier lifestyles among patients of the coverage area. We execute the methodology in three steps: realization of the health diagnosis, literature review through the internet and the development of an action plan. This study selected the following as critical nodes, lifestyles, educational level, active research of patients at high risk of diabetes mellitus. Based on these "critical nodes" have been proposed the following coping actions, creation of projects "Knowing" +, to increase awareness of the population about Diabetes Mellitus + "Health", to increase the level of quality of life and "Caring Best" to improve the structure of services offered to diabetics as well as "care line" for care of patients at risk for diabetes mellitus.