WHY KNOW IT? PROCESS OF PLAYFUL LEARNING - DIABETES AND HYPERTENSION.

Diabetes mellitus and hypertension are very worrying conditions due to their high incidence rates worldwide. Thus, the working group called "Quality of life-Hypertension and Diabetes" Candeal Program (Multidisciplinary Program of Bahiana School of Medicine and Public Health-EBMSP) in the Amazon community Salvador during 2014 lived with the obstacles of these two closely related diseases. We had the intention to develop educational activities for diabetics and hypertensive patients and presents dynamic learning and teaching aimed at better control of diabetes mellitus and hypertension. Imbued with a design that just the act of measuring blood pressure measuring blood glucose levels, calculate BMI paticipants would not be enough, we used playful dynamics: dice game, memory game, game burst blowing balloons. These weekly activities took place during the turn by Wednesday morning in the space provided by Divine Providence Parish, Cabula neighborhood, Salvador-BA. Through lived experience and data collected in Candeal program, we realized that the prevalence of overweight, hypertensive and glycemic indexes often far from ideal. This suggests that it is incipient efforts of the majority of participants to stay away from the chronic effects of these evils. Moreover, many overlook the continued evaluation of these levels. Nevertheless, monitoring of members of Candeal program proved productive, as clarified the possible complications that fraternal brothers, hypertension and diabetes, could cause. This extension work of EBMSP provided the team with a social, emotional and technical skills to enable the practice of teamwork, the exercise of respect for differences and recognition of the benefits that these dynamics have provided the community.