Projeto de intervenção para a melhoria do controle glicêmico dos pacientes diabéticos atendidos na Unidade Básica de Saúde Morro do Cruzeiro em Lagoa Santa, MG

Abstract

This paper presents a Project of intervention for the diabetic population served by the Morro do Cruzeiro Basic Health Unit in the city of Lagoa Santa, state of Minas Gerais. The rationale is the need to improve APS initiatives through health education. Through this project, it is hoped that these patients will be better equipped to manage their disease through a set of health education initiatives aimed at both healthcare teams and patients. The methodology included the development of a Situational Strategic Plan (SSP), a literature review about diabetes mellitus, its treatment, and the problems caused by its lack, as well as on health education and the formation of operational groups. The literature review was conducted using databases such as the Nescon Virtual Health Library, the Virtual Health Library (BVS/VHL), MEDLINE, LILACS, SciELO, and PUBMED. Furthermore, an intervention plan for diabetes mellitus control is presented, following these steps: description and explanation of the selected problem; selection of critical nodes; design of critical node operations (operations, project, expected outcomes and products, necessary and critical resources); feasibility and management of the proposal. The theoretical framework consists of studies about the characteristics, treatment, and complications of the disease, as well as works on health education and the importance of operational groups in this area. The project proves viable due to its low cost, use of simple technologies, and has great potential to significantly improve the rates of care and monitoring of diabetic patients by APS.