Os impactos socioeconômicos na vida dos Infartados: uma análise das políticas públicas no Município de Governador Mangabeira-Ba

Abstract

Acute myocardial infarction is among the heart diseases that most affect the population. The significant number of hospitalizations and deaths from this disease makes this condition treated as a public health problem. It is one of the three main causes of hospitalization in the Unified Health System, reaching a total of one million cases. Infarction can affect people of various age groups, and its risk factors are poor diet, smoking, physical inactivity, excessive alcohol consumption and recurrent stress factors. Thus, the present work is built with the objective of understanding the socioeconomic impacts experienced by the infarcted individual. The methodology used for the construction of the work was a qualitative and quantitative approach, bibliographic survey through theses, monographs and articles, documentaries and cartographic means, being these graphs and pyramids of the population. Data collection was performed using data provided by government platforms such as IGBE, Brazil Human Development Atlas, CNES and Bahia Court of Auditors. It was discussed the inclusion of health care in Brazil as social protection, originated in the 1930s, covering only a few workers, strategically from areas linked to the country's economy. A long way was traveled until the consolidation of the SUS, highlighting the Health Reform Movement at the VIII National Health Conference. The SUS is consolidated from Law 8080/90. This article also discusses the representations that health and disease have long represented for different cultural groups. Data are presented on the epidemiological profile of infarcted people, showing their rates and impacts after the infarction event. Data were collected on the profile of the population of the municipality of Governador Mangabeira and its policies analyzed, especially the reception of the infarcted individual. As a result, it was analyzed that the policies offered are still insufficient to guarantee an adequate lifestyle for these individuals.