EVALUATING THE IMPROVEMENT OF TUBERCULOSIS CONTACTS IN A PROGRAM AREA OF RIO DE JANEIRO: INTERVENTION PROJECT.

Introduction: The activity to control contacts should be considered an important tool to prevent illnes. One of the essential steps planned in the Tuberculosis Control Program has as purpose to diagnose the latent infection of tuberculosis active in those individuals. In Brazil, this activity must be made fundamentaly by the Primary Care. The services has to be structured so that this practice of great repercussion for TB control is optimized. Regarding its estrategic importance, the validation of contracts is still low in Brazil (near 60%), meanwhile, in developed countries the application of this control measure and surveaillance covers nearly 90% of this individuals. Objective: To analise through the matrix intervention the evolution of the validation of contacts in two units of the CAP 3.1 in 2014. Methodology: It will be used as database the Information of Diseases Notification System, the green book register of Tuberculosis and the electronic medicals records to elaborate the planification matrix. The same was subsequently reviewed and modified, in consideration of the viability of the data colector for the construction of indicators. Final considerations: It puts in evidence the need for training of the Family Health teams working in the Primary Care for the proper approach to contacts. Fot the Tuberculosis control actions to be effective it is neccesary the continuos and permanent accompaniment of the quality of the actions developed by the professionals of the Primary Care having one of the most important condictions the integration and sensitivation of these professionals.