Associação quilombola ‘‘vó Rita’’ em Trindade-GO: fatores relacionados à saúde e hipertensão arterial

Abstract

The maroon communities are remaining of ancient populationsquilombos constituting a representation of the strength of black Brazilians.These groups were officially recognized by the state and began to pursue their rights in a more affective way, from the inclusion of Article 68 in the Constitutional Act of the provision of the Transitional Constitution of 1988, which requires the recognition of land ownership of the remmants of Quilombo. Hypertion is a chronic disease that has high prevalence in population of multifarious origin, constituting a serious factor in morbid mortality requiring prior identification of the problem and a correct the rapeutic treatment. In this context the program implemented was HIPERDIA, havind as basis the registration an monitoring of patients with arterial hypertension treated in outpatient clinic of National Health System ( SistemaÚnico de Saúde named SUS), to the knowledge of Hypertension as a disease, prognosis and outcome of individual effeort by improves.