Importância da educação sanitária no desenvolvimento das ações da Defesa Sanitária Agropecuária no Estado de Rondônia

Abstract

Public health policies, including those related to animal health, actively seek the involvement and support of the population to successfully achieve their goals. In this context, the objective of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of health education actions as Agricultural Defense of Rondônia tool for the prophylaxis and control of the main infectious diseases in production animals, through the diagnosis of their occurrences and the strategies of agents orientation involved on good agricultural practices. To this end, the database of IDARON - Agrosilvopastoral Agricultural Defense Agency of the State of Rondônia was accessed, from where the data were collected and quantified by the type of Health Education action and by the type of disease. Individual technical guidance was the most used methodology with 93.05% (59,037/63,447) of the actions, followed by lectures with 2.67% (1,302/63.447). Meanwhile, the least used methodologies in the period were the seminar with 0.02% (13/63.447), the field day with 0.07% (42/63.447), the dissemination with 0.07% (36/63.447) and the educational barrier with 0.07% (35/63.447). Among the most well-worked infectious diseases in the period, Foot-and-Mouth Disease stands out, with approximately 34.94% (22,173/63,447) of the actions carried out in the period. Next, we can observe that the guidelines for Rabies were also very effective in the period considered with about 17.42% (11,056/63,447) of the actions, followed by Classical Swine Fever with 14.6% (9,247/63,447) and Brucellosis with 11.5% (7,300/63,447). The effectiveness of these actions as a whole proved to be valid to the extent that knowledge is built with producers about the prophylaxis and control of important diseases for animals and humans, as well as sanitary and nutritional management techniques, resulting in a decrease in the occurrence of these infectious and contagious diseases in domestic and production animals reported in the state of Rondônia.