Educação em saúde: as leishmanioses no município de Senador Rui Palmeira - AL

Abstract

Leishmaniasis is a serious infectious disease caused by parasites of the genus Leishmania and transmitted by a vector known as the straw mosquito, it is characterized as an emerging disease, important today because it is a public health problem. Once the Situational Health Diagnosis was carried out, based on the quick estimate at the Pedro Vieira Rego Health Unit, in the municipality of Senador Rui Palmeira, the analysis of the situation of the territory showed the incidence of seven cases of cutaneous and visceral leishmaniasis in humans, which may be associated with the population's lack of knowledge about zoonoses. In this way, the proposal of the intervention plan aims to improve the perception of health professionals in relation to leishmaniasis and through health education, promote the dissemination of acquired knowledge to the population and, consequently, change the conduct on the process of health-disease in the community. Education must be continuous and able to involve the entire multidisciplinary team of health units and show the importance of multidisciplinary teamwork so that educational actions have the objectives achieved with the population's understanding of the life cycle of leishmaniasis, the signs and symptoms for an earlier search for care and ways of prevention to reduce the occurrence of new cases. Through training on leishmaniasis, professionals will be able to solve the population's doubts, since the lack of information on aspects related to the disease will continue to hinder control strategies.