Health action to contemplate the HIPERDIA Health Program: An experience report

Introduction: The HIPERDIA Program is a public policy developed by the Ministry of Health with the aim of carrying out four-monthly monitoring of hypertensive and diabetic patients. Although these are two very prevalent chronic conditions in the population, this Program will enable those with them to achieve a better quality of life. Objective: To report the experience of a health action on HIPERDIA within the Primary Care system. Method: This is an experience report on a health action regarding the HIPERDIA Program, carried out in August 2023 at the Basic Health Unit in the city of Belém, Alagoas, in which an interdisciplinary health team composed of professionals such as a doctor, nurse, nursing technician, and nutritionist works, providing care, lectures, and educational dynamics in the waiting room. Results: The health professionals who provided educational services in this action were able to promote health knowledge to hypertensive and diabetic patients treated at this unit, the target audience of the campaign, increasing their attendance and frequency of multidisciplinary consultations, as well as their adequate compliance with the control and monitoring protocols for these chronic conditions. The importance of adopting good lifestyle habits and carefully following the prescribed pharmacological treatments was emphasized. Conclusion: Understanding how systemic arterial hypertension and diabetes mellitus are widely present within the health system, it is necessary for primary care professionals to be attentive and involved in actions such as the one described, in order to promote information about clinical conditions, health education and interest in adhering to the necessary care. Patients reached by this action will be more able to stabilize their conditions, even with the diagnoses carried.