Systematization of oral health information in an area covered by the family health strategy
Situational diagnosis, Oral health, Application prototype, Information systematization
Introduction: In December 2000, the Ministry of Health, through ordinance 1444, included Oral Health Teams in the Family Health Strategy, providing an expansion of the population's access to oral health services and actions in Brazil. These teams need to obtain the oral health diagnosis of the assigned area in order to carry out an effective and impactful planning. Currently, physical forms are used for the execution of the oral health needs assessment. Objective: to develop and evaluate a prototype application for the consolidation and systematization of epidemiological data related to oral health. Methods: methodological studies with a descriptive quantitative approach carried out in an area covered by the Family Health Strategy. It was divided into two phases. In the first phase, a prototype application was developed using a simplified version of the SCRUM agile methodology. In the second phase, the created prototype was used as a tool for data collection and consolidation to obtain the oral health situational diagnosis of a defined area. According to Charan and Biswas's (2013) studies, a sample of 384 participants was used to achieve a reliability level of 95%. Results: a prototype of an application was developed for the collection and consolidation of epidemiological data on oral health. In this way, it was found that in the studied population, 47.14% of individuals have 6 or more decayed teeth, 26.30% have 1 to 5 decayed teeth, 26.56% have no decayed teeth, 36.46% have periodontal disease, 55.21% require dental prostheses, 17.45% have risk factors for oral cancer, and 9.38% smoke; 1.56% consume alcoholic beverages; 4.95% use dental prostheses; and 5.21% have changes in the oral mucosa. It was also possible to develop an educational product to accompany prenatal dental care in primary healthcare. Conclusion: the prototype of the application created was responsible for the systematization of information on oral health of the studied population and for the creation of a virtual speaking map of the territory. This resulted in a gain of time and practicality for updating the data. The developed interactive guide will provide guidance for conducting a qualified dental prenatal care and achieving the agreed target for Indicator 3 of Previne Brasil.