Estratégias de educação e saúde no estímulo à logistica reversa no descarte domiciliar de medicamentos vencidos na comunidade do conjunto Rosane Collor

Abstract

Introduction: The inadequate disposal of drugs at home has become a public health problem worldwide, several countries have implemented laws that make the user one of the actors in the reverse logistics of expired drugs, in Brazil this solid waste management policy involving the consumer is not yet consolidated. Place of Intervention: In the community of Conjunto Rosane Collor, outskirts of Maceió in Alagoas, in a Family Health Unit. Problem Situation: professionals from the Health Unit found that some patients were confused and used expired medicines stored at home, presenting events of malaise after ingestion. The indiscriminate use of medicines, due to the easy access to acquire them and the dispensation of medical prescription, collaborates with the habit of creating the so-called 'domestic pharmacies' and leads part of the population to store unused medicines, to win and/or out of date in their homes, discarding them in household garbage, discarded in toilets, sinks, or on the ground, harming the environment and the health of the community, causing poisoning in children and elderly or illiterate users. Justification: The analysis of this research identified that the population's lack of knowledge is one of the problems encountered, there are no collection points for medicines that expire in the community of the Rosane Collor set, which is why users do not discard them correctly. Objectives: This study aims to analyze the reverse logistics of expired drugs at home in this community. Methodology: as a method, the search for literary research in academic platforms was used that provided the foundation for the theoretical framework, outlining an action plan to build the Intervention Project that used visual media in Health Education in the waiting room and home visits involving a multidisciplinary team. Expected Results: it is expected that at the end of the intervention project, the community is educated and aware of the harm caused by disposing of medicines in an inappropriate place in the home, developing a change in behavior and enabling them to be transforming agents. Final Considerations / Recommendations: It is recommended that health education be permanent and disseminated with the Municipal Health Department and pharmacy coordination, since every health unit par excellence is a collection point in reverse logistics.