Proposta de intervenção sobre os fatores de riscos cardiovasculares em pacientes maiores de 18 anos, que utilizam a unidade básica de saúde Barra Alegre.

Abstract

Cardiovascular diseases are the leading causes of death in the world, knowledge about cardiovascular risk factors and their changes over time, can contribute to actions that modify these risks and prevent their appearance. In the situational diagnosis of the area covered by the Health Unit Family Barra Alegre was observed high number of multiple factors of cardiovascular risks. Thus, this study aimed to develop a proposal for intervention, targeting young adults educate patients using the Basic Health Unit, on cardiovascular risk factors. The methodology was performed in three steps: conducting a situational diagnosis; literature review and development of educational action proposal. In this study the following critical nodes were selected: lack of knowledge of the population about cardiovascular risk factors, inadequate living habits, structure of inefficient health services, work process of the health team inadequado.Baseado family in these critical nodes have been proposed the following coping actions: creation of projects "Saber +" to increase the population's level of knowledge about cardiovascular risk factors, "Health +" to change habits and lifestyles, "Best Care" to improve the service structure for the care of patients with cardiovascular risk factors and "Care Line" to deploy the care line for attention to patients with cardiovascular risk factors. Considering the importance of this study not only the author, but mainly so that it can serve as a support to guide health professionals Unit, it relates to cardiovascular disease, the leading cause of death in Brazil.