Intervention project “being a man” - PSF (family health program) family clinic (centro américa and cpa 1 districts)

Introduction: The project aims at improving the health quality of the masculine population and their adherence to SUS (Unified Public Health System). Owing to institutional and cultural obstacles, men are usually resistant to prevention and self care, making worse their health conditions, with higher costs to the health system. Goal: To promote primary prevention and health actions, by means of health education. Methodology: We have worked out a questionnaire to identify the epidemiological and cultural profile of CPA 1 and Centro América Districts from Cuiabá-MT Family Clinic, considering the 20 to 60 year-old age group, besides identifying their demands in health. Results and conclusions: We have interviewed 30 patients (55% from CPA 1 and 45% from Centro América), most of them being 60-80 years old. Centro América’s patients are 40-60 years old, while the other age groups prevail at CPA 1. The brown population prevails, with numbers similar to the black and white populations together. Most patients are from Mato Grosso. The main co-morbidities found were Systemic Arterial High Blood Pressure, Gastritis, Dyslipidemia, Diabetes and Osteopenia. Most hypertensive patients (86%) lives in CPA 1, while the majority of patients without co-morbidities lives in Centro America. About 45% of the patients get all their medicines at the SUS, 19% have to buy them and the remaining ones buy part of the medicines. Most patients attend more than 4 medical appointments per year, which differs from the expected, owing to the history of low adherence of the masculine population.