Abstract

YOKOTA, Renata Tiene de Carvalho et al. Surveillance of risk and protective factors for non-communicable diseases and injuries in a small municipality, Brazil, 2010. Epidemiol. Serv. Saúde [online]. 2012, vol.21, n.1, pp.55-68. ISSN 1679-4974.  http://dx.doi.org/10.5123/S1679-49742012000100006.

OBJECTIVE: to present the methodology and results of the implementation of surveillance for risk and protective factors for non-communicable diseases (NCD) and injuries in a small city, Anchieta, in the State of Espírito Santo, Brazil, in 2010. METHODS: a population-based cross sectional study with blood sample collection, blood pressure, anthropometric measurements and electrocardiogram of the target-population. RESULTS: approximately 25.0% adults interviewed reported drinking soft drinks regularly, 45.2%, eat meat with visible fat, and 22.5%, harmful use of alcohol; 14.1% reported physical inactivity, 16.2%, tobacco smoking, 52.1%, self-reported overweight, and 16.9%, obesity; among protective factors, 5.0% reported fruit and vegetable intake as recommended, and 3.6%, leisure time physical activity; prevalence of seat belt use in front seat was 74.0%; helmet use was reported by 83.5% of motorcyclists; among individuals who performed blood tests, 49.2% had hypercholesterolemia, 46.0% presented some stage of chronic kidney disease, 19.0%, cardiovascular dysfunction according to electrocardiogram, and 5.8%, diabetes. CONCLUSION: the methodology allowed to know the risk and protectivefactorsfor NCD in a small city of Brazil; actions on health promotion, surveillance, prevention and health care are being developed, based on the results of this study.

Keywords : risk factors; information systems; chronic disease; behavioral risk factor surveillance system; epidemiological surveillance; adult; violence.

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