| dc.description.abstract | The municipality of Coronel Fabriciano has an estimated population for 2017 of 110,326 inhabitants in an area of 221,252 km² and is located in the region of the steel valley in the state of Minas Gerais. The health network of the municipality is composed of 13 Units of Primary Health Care and 14 teams of Family Health Strategy. The reference for medium and high complexity are the municipalities of Belo Horizonte and Ipatinga, Governador Valadares, Tarumirim, Bom Jesus do Galho, Muriaé and Sabinópolis. The area covered by the team has 934 families registered in its entirety. The morbidities found in the Basic Health Unit under study were Systemic Arterial Hypertension, Diabetes Mellitus, Pneumonia, Stroke and precordial pain. The problem was prioritized in the area of hypertension and its "critical nodes". The problems were categorized according to the importance, urgency and coping capacity of the team. Therefore we intend to draw up a proposal for the development of educational activities for the control of Hypertension in the area covered by the health team location our Nossa Senhora do Carmo in Coronel Fabriciano. We used the situational strategic planning method, making a situational analysis and, from a literature review, makes a description about the theme. It was concluded that the projects "Healthy habits and lifestyles in the square", "The control of hypertension is their responsibility" and "Know more to take care of better" are appropriate for the modification of the habits and lifestyle of hypertensive patients; make patients aware of the risk factors for non-adherence to drug treatment and the benefits of continued drug use; to train health professionals in the reception, care and strengthening of the professional / user relationship, providing them with a positive return on the quality of life and the health system in general. It is expected that the implementation of the plan of action makes it possible to reduce the high rate of hypertension and its consequences in the community. | |
