ABSTRACT
Hypertension is a chronic, high prevalence morbidity in the world. In this aspect, it is important to know the impact of care provided by professionals, in the context of Primary Health Care, to understand and formulate new care strategies. This study aimed to analyze the family and community approach in Primary Health Care for people with arterial Hypertension. This is a cross-sectional study carried out with 417 people undergoing treatment for arterial Hypertension in 34 Basic Health Units of the city of Maringá, located in the northwestern part of the state of Paraná, Brazil. The data were collected in the first half of 2016, using an adapted and validated instrument, which addresses the attributes of Primary Health Care, using the family and community approach in this study. For the treatment of variables, descriptive and inferential statistical analysis was used. It was possible to observe that the attributes related to family involvement in the treatment, incentive to social participation in the community, and health education were the items with worse evaluation, being represented statistically by people with inadequate blood pressure control. It is concluded that the care to the family and community focus has weaknesses and needs to be re-evaluated, integrating the family and the community in the treatment of people with arterial Hypertension.
KEYWORDS
Hypertension; Primary Health Care; Health services research; Family; community integration
Fonte: Elaboração própria.
Fonte: Elaboração própria.