Performance of an extension program in a peripheral community in the northeast region of Brazil

• Autor(a) principal: Lima, Nayade Raihanne dos Santos
• Data de Publicação: 2024
• Outros Autores: Santos, Silvane Maria Braga, Granjeiro, Érica Maria, Oliveira, Simone Souza de
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por; eng
• Título da fonte: REVISA : Revista de Divulgação Científica Sena Aires (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://rdcsa.emnuvens.com.br/revista/article/view/18
• topic: Saúde e Educação; Enteroparasitos; Fatores de risco; Tratamento; Health and Education; Enteroparasites; Risk factors; Treatment

Objective: Coproscopic survey to reassess in study population the frequency of intestinal parasites identified in a first stage and investigate changes in risk factors, adherence to treatment and prevention and control for enteroparasitosis Method: Carrying out coproscopic exams and applying a structured form to determine the prevalence of enteroparasitosis and the socioeconomic and health profile of the population of three micro-areas of the Mangabeira neighborhood in city of Feira de Santana, Bahia. Results: In 2013 (first period) the prevalence of enteroparasites was 44.3%, with a higher frequency for Ascaris lumbricoides (32.3%), Trichuris trichiura (25.8%), Schistosoma mansoni (9.7%) and Giardia intestinalis (9.7%). In the second period (2016), an increase in the frequency of S. mansoni (19.3%) and G. intestinalis (16.1%) was observed, in addition to the diagnosis of Entamoeba histolytica/dispar (3.2%) not identified in the previous survey. No changes were observed in socioeconomic and health variables in the reevaluated population. Educational activities were carried out considering the epidemiological profile of the population. Positive carriers were referred for treatment, but cure rates were low. Conclusion: There was a need to intensify the promotion of health education actions on an ongoing basis, associated with improving the sanitary and environmental conditions of the community.