The Health Council Model of communicating for good living and prevention of endemic diseases

Trigos J.C.S.; Martínez F.G.; Mendoza H.L.C.; Cisneros C.M.R.; Ruiz F.J.T. · Boletin de Malariologia y Salud Ambiental (2023) · DOI: 10.52808/bmsa.8e7.632.021

Resumen

Health advice is a care relationship strategy based on interactive and simple dialect information that generates changes in individual lifestyles. As an objective, it was proposed to determine the effectiveness of the Health Council as a model of communication for good living and prevention of endemic diseases. The study was descriptive-cross-sectional during the period April-July, 2022. The sample consisted of 285 heads of family from the community of Cajamarca, Peru. As a data collection instrument, a questionnaire of 35 items was applied in two stages, before and after the health council. The data was processed with Epidat 3.0 and expressed in tables and figures. As a result, 70.53% were female, whose predominant age was >56 years with 40.35%, basic education (50.88%) who depended on a minimum wage (69.47%), on the other hand, at determine the knowledge prior to the health advice it was possible to know that only 24.56%, post-test to the health advice was 97.89%, regarding the identification of potential breeding sites before the health advice 52.98% did not identify any, after the sanitary advice, 94.74% identified the exposed water storage containers, in reference to prevention practices, before the sanitary advice, only 30.18% acted on placing screens on the windows, after the sanitary advice, it was 70.18%. In conclusion, the health council is the cornerstone of public health in the fight against diseases, not only vector diseases but all those where the empowerment of communities helps to prevent them.

Instituciones: Universidad Peruana Los Andes