Percepção do Conhecimento da População Sobre o Complexo Teníase- Cisticercose no Município de Parnaíba-PI

Abstract

The Teniasis/cysticercosis complex is a serious public health problem, being widely disseminated in regions with precarious sanitary conditions. In the Northeast, this problem becomes more severe, taking into account that states such as Piauí until recently did not have data regarding the disease. Several authors comment that the low frequency of this parasitosis in the northeast is the result of the lack of information through health education, infrastructures with basic sanitation and methods for an accurate diagnosis. Through a questionnaire, we conducted a survey of data on the estimation of population knowledge from teniasis/cysticercosis complex in the municipality of Parnaíba. The population involved were users of two basic health units and fairers from three municipal markets. It was observed that most respondents who heard about Taenia It was when they attended school and that so far they believed that Teniasis and cysticercosis were the same thing and that as for the consumption of meats, there were people who claimed to like malted meats Regardless of where they were Purchased. Thus, it was noted that the majority of the population still do not know relevant topics in the present day and it was concluded that teniasis and cysticercosis still represent a zoonosis that requires knowledge of prevention in the urban population, and by virtue of What has been researched, it is necessary to create strategies for more information, inspection control measures and quality that it consists in interrupting the evolutionary cycle of the parasite in order to avoid infection of the animals and the population.