Abstract:
PURPOSE:
to report the health promotion actions conducted on riverside communities by the expeditionary teams of "FOB-USP in Rondônia" project.
METHODS:
this is a cross-sectional, observational study, which consists in an experience report of interdisciplinary expeditions to the Tabajara-RO, Calama-RO, Demarcação-RO and Rio Preto-RO communities. Data collection has occurred by means of medical records, annotations on field diaries and participant observation. The adopted approach to guide the development of this paper lies on the work of the team during the clinical care and community attention moments.
RESULTS:
1042 riverside patients were assisted, being covered also educative and human aid actions the communities have shown as main income sources fishing and subsistence agriculture. Sewer is collected in septic tanks in the open Water comes from rivers or artesian wells. The houses in all of the communities are mostly made of wood. In regards to clinical procedures, 974 in the speech, language and hearing sciences area, being the most common complaint on the hearing area, and 854 dental procedures being mostly performed dental extractions and restorations. Educative actions were taken in all of the communities.
CONCLUSION:
1828 procedures were performed, of which 1100 were clinical and 728 were educative. Access conditions have proven to be precarious and health problems linked to the speech, language and hearing sciences and dental areas were presented as complaints, with dental caries and periodontal disease as main concerns. Need for improvement on access to essential services for the riverside populations has been demonstrated, maintaining regular and continuous care for the implementation of effective educative and health promotion activities.
Keywords:
Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences; Dentistry; Health Promotion; Health Education; Disease Prevention
