Aumento da População de Terceira Idade e a Necessidade de Ampliação das Políticas Públicas Existentes: Breves Considerações

Accessibility for the diagnosis of hypertension in primary health care / Acessibilidade ao diagnóstico de hipertensão arterial na atenção primária à saúde

“…[14][15] This fact may be related to the increase in the senile Brazilian population and the higher life expectancy, especially among women, whose factors have been pointed out in the literature, such as those that frequently lead to greater demand for health services. [15][16][17] With regard to low education level, the results were more frequent as regards the search for other health services without PHC characteristics, for the diagnosis of AH. It can be inferred that the understanding of these people about public health services and policies is insufficient or erroneous, similar to the results of another research, conducted with elderly people undergoing treatment for AH, which 73.5% of the sample had less than four years of study.…”

“…15 Through this information, it is necessary that nurses pay attention to the way they dispense with the guidelines, so that it is sufficiently clear and objective, compatible with the level of knowledge of the population addressed, as this is a factor that positively affects the success of the treatment. 17 In a study carried out in the state of Paraná, authors point out, as reasons that led the clientele with low education to look for other services -without PHC characteristics -the inflexibility of service hours, due to insufficient and / or erroneous knowledge about the disease, confirming the need to guide the entire population on the activities and objectives of these establishments. 15 Regarding the distance between the residence and health facilities, they reiterate the importance of the proximity of the service to the user as a component that facilitates both accessibility and early diagnosis of AH.…”

“…PHC professionals can initiate the diagnostic process through the following steps: initial investigation of symptoms, confirmation of diagnosis, identification of secondary causes, cardiovascular assessment and associated risk factors. [15][16][17] This process requires the involvement of a multidisciplinary team and more specific tests that determine the diagnosis and then the appropriate therapy for the clinical condition of each individual, in an equitable and resolving way. 5,[19][20] Given the fact that the procedures are revealed expensive and even time-consuming, as the patient needs to return to health services several times, it is suggested that it is of utmost importance that the user be guided about the flow of the diagnosis and fully comply with all stages.…”

Avaliação da capacidade funcional de idosas com artralgia praticantes de hidroginástica e cadastradas no programa de atenção multidisciplinar à saúde do idoso

“…A ampliação da população idosa ocasiona em aumento nos problemas de saúde dessa parcela da sociedade, o que acaba por desafiar os sistemas de saúde e de iniciativas públicas (Pires et al, 2018). As queixas osteomusculares são as mais prevalentes entre os idosos, além de outras comorbidades (Pancote et al, 2017).…”

Promover saúde por meio do psicodrama com um grupo de idosos atendidos no centro de referência a assistência social

“…A partir deste cenário, é preciso elucidar as políticas públicas que possibilitam a promoção da assistência à saúde e o bem-estar das pessoas idosas em diferentes contextos, onde o envelhecimento tem sido uma pauta de diferentes níveis de governo do Brasil e do mundo, marcada inicialmente pelas conquistas obtidas na Declaração Universal dos Direitos Humanos (DUDH) em 1948 (Pires, Matos, & Pires, 2018). O presente estudo justifica-se pela importância de gerar conhecimento acerca dessa área de atuação da psicologia social, focada nas intervenções grupais por meio do psicodrama como ferramenta para a promoção da saúde na população idosa.…”