Proposta de intervenção de uma Equipe de Saúde da Família para intensificação da luta contra o tabagismo

Abstract

In the territory of Family Health Team Santana de Sericita/MG there is a prominence of several public health problems, smoking being the priority problem, since it presents a considerable prevalence of active smokers. The objective was to propose an intervention for the Family Health Team to intensify the fight against smoking in the Santana district, located in the municipality of Sericita / MG. The preparation of the proposal was based on the Strategic Situational Planning method with active participation of all team members. The critical nodes established for the problem were: positive social representation of smoking, high tobacco dependence, easy access to products containing the substance, first contact with "smoking" and exposure of young people to it, few information about the means of treatment of smoking. For each of them there was a specific strategic operation, they were tangential and complementary to the following expected results: decreased contact and stimulation between the patient and the will to smoke, understanding by the population that smoking is harmful to health, to make smokers more capable of overcoming nicotine dependence, to achieve a satisfactory abstinence rate for patients who seek the health unit, with a view to cessation of smoking.