The nursing work on the high blood pressure´s tracking in children and adolescents of a public school of Goiânia-Goiás

Abstract

This paper was written during the development of an assistance project by students of the Federal University of Goiás Nursing College. The purpose was to investigate the prevalence of the high blood pressure in 160 children and preadolescents students from 5th to 7th high classes in Goiânia – Goiás state school., from August – 2002 to February - 2003. 4% of the students evaluated had out of standard blood pressure. All of them were lead to health appointment to the Youth High-Pressure League of the Federal University of Goiás Clinical Hospital. KEYWORDS: Youth; Adolescents; High blood pressure