Plano de intervenção: diminuição de risco cardiovascular na população de Patrimônio dos Paivas, Santos Dumont, Minas Gerais

Abstract

Cardiovascular diseases are among the so-called chronic health conditions and are the major cause of mortality in Brazil. Cardiovascular risk factors are, in large part, amenable to interventions in the context of primary care. General objective: develop an intervention project aimed at reducing the cardiovascular risk of the population of the Patrimônio dos Paivas community, in Santos Dumont, Minas Gerais. In the methodology, a literature review was conducted based on electronic libraries such as Scientific Eletronic Library Online (SciELO) and Biblioteca Regional de Medicina (BIREME), as well as didactic material from the virtual library of Nescon / UFMG. The planning method called Situational Strategic Planning (PES) was also used for the elaboration of the intervention plan that started with the situational diagnosis of the coverage area and the action plan proposal, aiming at the reduction of cardiovascular risk. The proposed intervention project was aimed at the “critical knots” related to the high cardiovascular risk of the Patrimônio dos Paivas community, namely: inadequate eating habits, physical inactivity and smoking. These are changeable risk factors and were considered as potentially susceptible to intervention by the health team. Such proposed interventions are based on operative groups, motivational lectures and guided collective activities that aim to reduce the impact of cardiovascular risk factors on the population, from the perspective of health education. It concludes the need for primary care to prioritize prevention and health promotion actions aiming to reduce the cardiovascular risk of its registered populations.