Desenvolvimento de um plano de ação para o acompanhamento de hipertensos usuários do Sistema Único de Saúde na Estratégia de Saúde da Família no município de Paulistas em Minas Gerais

Abstract

High blood pressure is a cardiovascular disease that comes from reaching much of the world's population and is currently regarded as one of the main health problems in Brazil. In addition, to causing heart complications, contributes to renal failure. The choice of this theme was the need for a follow-up from objective and practical actions to decrease the risk of the lives of people who suffer from Hypertension. The aim of this work was to perform an intervention through an action plan with the family health team, in seeking the easing of this problem in the Paulistas city. The methodology consisted of two stages, literature review and the preparation of a plan of action involving health agents: (doctors, nurses, technicians, nutritionists, physiotherapists, psychologists and especially hypertensive groups, etc.), as well as the lectures, educational pamphlets, deployment a guideline. It is expected that from the proposed Action Plan the issues that are affecting the hypertensive population and upsetting the PSF team- Paulistas - MG are softened and that the conditions for monitoring is improved, thus facilitating the condition of team work in combating that problem called Hypertension and improving the quality of life of the population served.