Diminuição do tabagismo em todas as idades na área da abrangência da equipe lilás do Vale do Jatobá: proposta de intervenção.

Abstract

The habit of smoking tobacco is very old and found in many people around the world, performing different cultural and economic functions. Considering smoking a modifiable factor that increases the risk of cardiovascular disease, cancer and chronic obstructive respiratory diseases this study aims to draw up an action plan to reduce the number of smokers is quite high, increasing the level of information smokers and promote lifestyle changes thereof. The methodology is grounded in the method of the Situational Strategic Planning. The preparation of the action plan came from prioritization and identification of problems, selection of critical nodes, the critical resources proposed for the motivation of actors and operational plan of the scheme. The action plan prepared objective educational and therapeutic actions taken in primary care in the catchment area with the aim of reducing the number of smokers and create new promotion strategies and disease prevention in the target audience.