Centro de salud preventiva en Puembo

Abstract

Puembo a rural parish located in the northeast of the Metropolitan District of Quito, increases its population density every year, this has been generated for various reasons, the main one is migration from the city of Quito to more remote areas, whether by climate, pollution, work or stress. But at the same time as population density is growing as reflected in official 1990 censuses compared to 2010, there is an increase in its population from 2 to 1. This relationship presents new problems affecting this parish, which do not respond to the current needs of the inhabitants, thus creating deficits in terms of equipment, transport and basic services that have been lacking for several decades. One of the main problems affecting this parish is health, because it needs public equipment, since they do not respond to the current number of inhabitants, for this reason the population has chosen to seek medical attention in other parishes or even in the city. There are different diseases that do not develop instantly, but over time they become one and deteriorate the health of people, so the solution is not only to think about the current condition of the equipment and its capacity to care, since diseases are not only treated through punctual medical care but there are other ways to avoid a disease. To prevent a disease from further impairing people's health, preventive medicine has been developed to complement the various existing health facilities. This is why a Health Center for Preventive Medicine has been chosen, because through different spaces it is possible to prevent diseases, thus improving the health of the inhabitants and allowing to carry out several activities that integrate the population and at the same time improve their quality of life.