Programa de salud sobre ruedas a costo cero dirigido a los habitantes de la comunidad Santa Rosa. Cantón Guamote. Provincia de Chimborazo 2013

Abstract

This work carried out in the community of Santa Rosa through the descriptive, cross-sectional study of quasi-experimental design, validated the health program on wheels to cost zero aimed at the inhabitants of Santa Rosa community. Guamote Canton. Chimborazo province. Through a survey with a universe of 47 parents where socio- demographic characteristics, knowledge and health practices were evaluated; the data were tabulated by using the Microsoft Excel program, also was made a diagnosis of the main problems of health. From the results the socio demographic characteristics of parental age between 35-40 years old is 28%, between 41-46 years corresponds to 19%, in knowledge, 83% of parents know that parasites cause diseases;17% don´t know that the parasites cause diseases; 79% of parents know about the symptoms that produce the parasites; 60% in the practice are not brushing the teeth why they have frequent problems with their teeth; 40% of the parents attend to the medical checkups only when they are sick, while 32% never attend to the medical checkups. This health program will serve to improve the health of Santa Rosa community. Guamote Canton