Autopercepção sobre saúde dos usuários de uma estratégia de saúde da família de Marabá, Pará

Abstract

The work was carried out in the municipality of Marabá, in the southeastern region of the state of Pará, where the Liberdade neighborhood is located, an area partially covered by the Family Health Strategy. The study addresses the importance of self-perception of health on the part of users and its contribution to the prevention or delay of Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases, such as cardiovascular diseases, which are very present among the studied population. Objectives: Identification of the health perception of UBS Emerson Caselli users assisted by the Family Health Strategy, and the strengthening of the bond with the responsible health team, seeking to clarify the possible lack of interest in the search for health in a preventive way, as well as the doubts on the assistance of the Family Health Strategy area 001. Methodology: This is an exploratory qualitative and quantitative descriptive study, carried out through a questionnaire applied to users residing in a specific area of the Family Health Strategy of a Basic Unit of Health by name of Dr. Emerson Caselli. The results were tabulated and analyzed in the Microsoft Excel program. Results and discussion: The study revealed that more than half of users are sedentary (75%) and that only 25% prioritized prevention and health promotion. Food was considered good for 52%, however health was classified as good only for 46% of users. The appreciation of visits by health professionals reinforces the strengthening of the health system with users, but health is still influenced by various aspects such as economic, educational, regional conditions, and insufficient coverage of the teams, making it difficult to adopt a preventive attitude. in relation to health. Final considerations: The perception of health is an important health indicator, which also serves as an evaluator of the performance of the service provided by the analyzed FHS. Understanding the perception of health is necessary for the planning and elaboration of strategies aimed at reducing the number of comorbidities. In this sense, in addition to presenting the results obtained through the study of the Family Health Unit, we propose a periodic survey on users' self-perception of health, seeking to evaluate changes in behavior, as well as changes in the profile. of morbidity and mortality.