A IMPORTÂNCIA DA EDUCAÇÃO PERMANENTE PARA OS AGENTES COMUNITÁRIOS DE SAÚDE NO ACOMPANHAMENTO DE PACIENTES COM SÍNDROME METABÓLICA

Metabolic syndrome (MS) is a series of metabolic disorders or abnormalities that together are considered risk factors in the same individual for the development of diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. artery, with the dietary plan being the treatment of first choice. Community health agents play an important role in helping to promote health and prevent diseases through home care, in addition to creating links with the community, promoting humanization, acceptance and accountability. They also provide guidance to the population on the use of and access to health system services. They have great responsibility in educating patients, enhancing health care actions. Community health agents encounter difficulties in carrying out educational work, often caused by the community due to the culture of medicalization, in addition to there being people in the community without comorbidity repressing the capacity of health education to carry out prevention. Therefore, the importance of educational practices is undeniable, as from them society obtains sufficient information to opt for healthier choices and modify their risk behaviors, resulting in a reduction in cases of metabolic syndrome.