Caracterização das condições crônicas prevalentes em municípios da Região Verdes Campos do Rio Grande do Sul

Abstract

In Brazil, demographic, epidemiological and nutritional transition processes, urbanization and economic and social growth contribute to the greater risk of the population to the development of chronic health conditions. Chronic conditions are non-infectious health conditions that evolve throughout life, from multiple and complex causes, and must be managed proactively, continuously and integrated by health care systems, health professionals and users. Today, the epidemiological pro file is changed, but the organization of health care is not so much. Thus, chronic conditions have not been effectively addressed in Primary Health Care and therefore generate a high cost for the Public Health System. Knowing the epidemiological pro file of a given population is necessary to plan and monitor the development of health actions. Therefore, the objective of this study was to characterize the most prevalent chronic conditions in six municipalities of the. In the State of. Which did not participate in the Primary Health Care Planning project developed by the 4th Regional Health Coordination promoted by the Health Secretariat in Partner with the National Council of Health Secretaries (CONASS). The data were searched in the online database in the Department of Information Technology of SUS (DATASUS) between September and November 2016, corresponding to the period from 2011 to 2015. It was observed that the Diseases of the Circulatory System are among the most prevalent in all The municipalities, regardless of sex, age and race, as well as Respiratory System Diseases. This knowledge is indispensable for Primary Health Care (PHC) teams to plan actions in accordance with existing policies in order to reduce the occurrence of new diseases as well as adequately treat ongoing diseases.