LAS ENFERMEDADES TROPICALES Y SU PREVENCIÓN EN LA COMUNIDAD LA BALSITA DE LA PARROQUIA RIOCHICO DEL CANTÓN PORTOVIEJO DURANTE EL PERÍODO 2010/2011

Abstract

In order to improve the quality of life of the community of raft-promoting environmental hygiene methods health education trainings were conducted on the prevention of Tropical Diseases and environmental hygiene methods of health education in health Sub-center of the community, these training attended by 48 people, made home visits and made it to 244 homes that spread prevention of tropical diseases through brochures also given away a bottle of chlorine for use in their pools so they can have a better layout water and achieve an improvement of hygienic visits were made to households to verify was observed that before the visits 203 families were interested, but then this number increased to 228 families interested in preventing Disease; increasing the number of families that covered their reservoirs of 119 families to 159 families and, the number of homes with standing water decreased from 44 homes with standing water to 38 homes. Also allowed us to know that the methods detailed in the brochure made by individuals in the community; also of the 244 bottles of chlorine delivered to households, 210 families used them daily for better provision of water in homes. At the end of the home visits was donated to the health Sub-center of the raft a chlorine processing machine to motivate people and achieve an improvement in water storage and therefore the hygienic conditions in homes.