Projeto de intervenção para o tratamento da verminose em crianças na estratégia de saúde da família de Pedra Lanhada, Novo Oriente de Minas - Minas Gerais

Abstract

Intestinal helmintíase are one of the most difficult Brazilian public health problems to be faced, due to families and state negligence and non-observance. Nonetheless, they produce irreversible results in the physical and intellectual development of the most affected population - child juvenile. In the county of Novo Oriente de Minas, Minas Gerais, Ascaris Lumbricoides and Enterobius vermicularis are responsible for the illness of 100% of the patients in the study, whose contamination is due to sanitary problems, so it represents the greater spontaneous demand in Pedra Lanhada Basic Health Unit. In this context, continuing health education emerges as an intervention strategy essential for the control of these diseases, which goes beyond the limits of mere curative treatment for health promotion. The objective of this study was to develop an intervention project for the reduction of helminthiasis infestations in the area covered by the Family Health Strategy of Pedra Lanhada, in the municipality of Novo Oriente de Minas, Minas Gerais. The methodology used includes a bibliographic review and the Situational Strategic Planning with the participation of the Family Health Team. The critical nodes raised were: the low level of information of the population; precarious infrastructure for the transfer of information; insufficient conducts for health promotion and disease prevention - helminthiasis. The project highlights promotion and education in health. To modify the infection picture and promote education into health, the intervention proposal foresee training for the Family Health team.