August 2016
Fighting Against Hydric Diseases Fellipe Carlos Corrêa Batista & José Roberto Costa Nogueira
IFMSA - Brazil
fellipecarlossm@hotmail.com.br Some conditions can be seen in the poor communities, e.g. rural areas in the city of Teresopolis, Rio de Janeiro. These include lack of sanitation, basic health, promotion of defense against abuse of toxic substances and others. In this context, a social intervention was created to address the issue of public health, waterborne diseases such as viral and bacterial pharyngitis, dengue, chikungunya, Zika virus, worms and infection by pesticides. These diseases are associated with environmental conditions favorable to their growth, such as animal feces in the water, walking barefoot, open sewers and vectors.. Since the intervention project was carried out in a poor community in Teresopolis, social determinants of health justify the need for action on that site. It was done in the community of Valley Alpine, countryside, through lectures, competitions, debates education on the subject, and also through the monitoring of their main diseases and their knowledge of the topic discussed. After the intervention was done, questionnaires were administered in groups to analyze the intellectual gain.
Around 43 families were educated, in order to improve their quality of life by changing their daily habits, demystifying their common misconceptions and by educating them on the causes of main community diseases. Through the answers gathered from the questionnaires, it was seen that the intervention had positive impact. In addition to that, clay filters were made and were to be to observed after 4 months. It is expected that with the intervention project, the rate of diseases caused by poor management of water resources will decrease increasingly. Lastly, yellow Ipe seedlings were planted in cooperation with Rotary Club and Applied Ecology Center of Teresopolis (CEAT). Acknowledgements : Fabio Romero Gallote de Albulquerque, Vitor de Avila Haddad, Luana Borges do Santos, Ana Cristina Camargo , Pedro Henrique Consentino Salgado and the important participation of The Rotary Club in Teresópolis. References 1. Copasa, avaliable in: http://www.copasa. com.br/media2/pesquisaescolar/COPASA_ doen%C3%A7as.pdf 2. Fio Cruz: http://www.determinantes.fiocruz.br/ chamada_home.htm
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