EDUCATIONAL INTERVENTION IN FAMILIAR CONTEXT

Introduction and objectives:Family Health Strategy was created to expand health care to the family environment. For that, Community Health Workers became responsible to provide integral assistance and to prepare, in accordance with families, intervention plans based on principles of health promotion and health education. This work aims to perform a family intervention, looking for problems that affect the health of the accompanied family to promote improvements, always seeking to encourage the family to participate on the self-care process. Methodology:Experience report realized in M.L.V.’s residence, in Comunidade do Dendê, Fortaleza, from march to September of 2015. Data were collected embased in fases, such as evaluation, counseling, agreement, assistance and support. Confidentiality was assured. Results and conclusion:Throughout the visits, we could understand better the family situation. As M.L.V. has some health issues, such as diabetes, hypertension and overweight, we evaluated her alimentary habits and adjusted it to reduce sugar, salt and calories. We still suggested accessible recipes and did some of those with her. About her arthritis, we oriented exercises to relief her pain. For the medicines, we made a box in which they could be better organized by day and time of use, minimizing forgetfulness. Every visit, we measured her weight , blood glucose and pressure to accompany the results of the proposed interventions. Along the visits, we realized how important is the role of the health professional on the assistance of families, promoting guidance and better adherence to their treatments, putting the family members as protagonists on the health-disease process.