Educação em saúde no grupo de hipertensos: promoção da saúde e qualidade de vida

Abstract

Chronic diseases, in particular, hypertension is a public health problem due to high morbidity and mortality. The recurrent complications of this pathology can be minimized in primary care through changes in treatment patterns associated with changing habits, improving quality of life. After the situational diagnosis of the municipality of Roteiro - Alagoas, a high incidence of hypertensive patients was found, more than 10% of the population, so the importance of health promotion and disease prevention. This paper aims to present an intervention proposal in health education to increase the knowledge of hypertensive patients with promotion, prevention of injuries, complementary practices for better quality of life through health education. The project was carried out from the methodology of situational strategic planning and rapid estimation and for literature review, a bibliographic research was carried out in the databases of the Virtual Health Library (VHL), Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO) and Google Scholar with the descriptors: Hypertension, health education, primary care, health promotion and quality of life. The intervention plan has the potential to result in improved service care, better treatment adhering and improved quality of life for users.