Avaliação da importância do Médico Veterinário na Saúde da Família no Município de Patos, Paraíba.

Abstract

The aim of this study was to evaluate the importance of the Veterinary Medical Family Health Team in the city of Patos, Paraíba State. To evaluate a questionnaire was given to health professionals and the 35 ESFs Regional Hospital to know your opinions on zoonoses and the activities conducted by the Preventive Veterinary Medicine linked to Public Health. It was found that 93.4% of health professionals find it very important the participation and inclusion of vocational programs in the SUS, to assist them in the diagnosis of zoonoses, especially in cases involving high-risk patients, such as immunocompromised patients. For the various fields of activity of Veterinary Medicine will only increase the level of knowledge of health teams in relation to zoonotic infections in this population. We conducted a survey of zoonoses also compulsory notification in the county during the period from 2005 to 2011, which identified a total of 554 reported cases were found among these notifications, tuberculosis, Chagas disease, cutaneous leishmaniasis in, toxoplasmosis, leptospirosis and H1N1. Tuberculosis was the most frequent zoonosis with 238 cases (98.7%) and the ESFs with 301 cases (96.1%) at the Regional Hospital, totaling 539 cases reported in the last seven years. Due to the importance of zoonoses, both from the point of view of the social as an economic standpoint, it is clear the need to adopt measures to minimize these disorders by applying appropriate methods for prevention, treatment, control and eradication of these diseases.