A educação em saúde para melhoria na qualidade de vida dos hipertensos e diabéticos de uma unidade de saúde de Alagoas

Abstract

Arterial hypertension (AH) and diabetes mellitus (DM) are part of a class of chronic non-communicable diseases (CNCD). These diseases occur with greater prevalence in developing countries, as in the case of Brazil, in which social inequality and the lack of investment in preventive public policies hinder the implementation of programs to prevent and combat these diseases. The present work is the result of the identification of the high index of hypertensive and diabetic individuals in the João Moreira Family Health Strategy, which presents other aggravating factors such as comorbidities, hospitalizations and deaths in the area of territorial coverage of the health team. The objectives of this project are the realization of health education and the creation and implementation of care groups for hypertensive and diabetic patients. The methodology used was the Situational Strategic Planning carried out from the territorial analysis. This work proposes a planning that promotes users' adhesion and positively impacts the search for lifestyle changes, besides motivating the unit's health team to adhere to working with groups as an effective preventive action in the community, understanding that the coping with these chronic diseases can encourage the breakdown of the common sense that naturalizes these diseases in this community.