Educação em saúde para prevenção do diabetes, hipertensão e obesidade: um apanhado do projeto Ciência na Praça realizado no bairro Rosa Elze - São Cristóvão

Abstract

The university has the role to transform and improve the lives of people through the transfer of knowledge generated in scope to the whole of society. The university extension plays a central role in this task of exercising the bridge between society and what the university creates. This article deals with the experience lived in the Extension Project "Science in the Square". The project focused on the development of collective actions, priority prevention and health promotion, using a strategy of health education. Objectivity and simplicity were key points adopted, for best results and to better understanding and comprehension of the issues. The target audience was the residents of a neighborhood near the University. On that occasion they were measured blood pressure measurements, anthropometric measurements of height and weight for body mass index calculation that served as the active search for cases of hypertension and obesity, respectively. It was also carried out blood glucose test to track potential cases of diabetes. In the population was evaluated during the project pathologies studied showed high incidence in all age groups, following the global trend of the epidemiological transition in which chronic diseases are becoming more prevalent day. The intervention caused repercussions, with positive effects on the results achieved, not only in the context of learning, but the possibility of contributing to the process of awareness and promoting change.