Proposta de intervenção para organização do acompanhamento de pacientes hipertensos – Estratégia Saúde da Família de Barreiras, Coruripe, Alagoas

Abstract

Systemic arterial hypertension (SAH) has a high prevalence in Brazil and impacts on the use of health services. Among its risk factors are heredity, race, age, sex, overweight, stress, sedentary lifestyle, high sodium intake, low educational level, presence of associated comorbidities, contextual characteristics and location of the home (BRASIL, 2010). The performance of Primary Health Care (PHC) is essential for the recognition and monitoring of hypertensive adults. This is described as the sphere of the health system that offers entry into the health network, configuring individual and collective health actions that include interventions to prevent diseases, diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation, harm reduction and health maintenance with communities. and in its social context. This work aims to elaborate an intervention project aiming to control the high prevalence of systemic arterial hypertension in patients attended by the UBS team from Barreiras in the municipality of Coruripe, Alagoas. An intervention proposal developed using a survey of bibliographic and epidemiological data was used as a method to improve the monitoring of patients with Systemic Arterial Hypertension in the municipality of Coruripe, AL, in the Barreiras village unit. Three steps were performed: situational diagnosis, literature review and preparation of the intervention plan. Possible solutions and strategies for coping with Systemic Arterial Hypertension were identified, such as the products, results and resources that assist in monitoring the action plan.