Doenças parasitárias intestinais em indivíduos institucionalizados: revisão bibliográfica

Abstract

Introduction: Intestinal parasitic infections represent an important public health problem, endemic in developing countries, actively affecting less favored populations, both socially and economically. Objective: Identify intestinal parasitic diseases that affect institutionalized individuals through a literature review. Methodology: A search was carried out in the databases: PubMed; SciELO; Academic Google. The descriptors considered: parasitic infections, children, the elderly, institutionalized; in portuguese, english and spanish, using the Boolean operator “AND”. Results: 24 articles were included mentioning institutionalized populations and intestinal parasites. Conclusion: It was observed that the high prevalence of intestinal parasites in institutionalized individuals is related to hygiene habits and living conditions, risk markers presented by the individual group together with the conditions of institutional environments, which makes the need for actions indispensable. health promotion in these groups.