Introduction:

Community health assessment is a tool useful in healthcare work, and there are few references to it in the literature. To recover the psychological sense of community is a challenge for health professionals, essential for successful outcomes in health promotion. We need to know the psychosocial problems of our communities and their assessments in this regard, a task that is possible with psychosocial diagnoses transcending formalism.

Objective:

To characterize psychosocial aspects of the community under study.

Methods:

Quanti-qualitative, descriptive, non-experimental and cross-sectional research carried out with the population cared for by three family medicine offices of Dr. Mario Escalona Reguera Teaching Polyclinic, between February and June 2016. Interviews were conducted, the analysis of the health situation and family health history of the family medicine offices was used for primary information.

Results:

A population mostly made up of adults at average age and workers. Problems were identified in solid-waste collection. Low risk perception and inappropriate behavior prevailed concerning some community health guidelines. The Yoruba, Catholic and Protestant religions were practiced. Early onset of sexual relations in adolescents and inadequate educational upbringing patterns were recognized. The families were mostly small, bi-generational and nuclear, with difficulties in communication and role play.

Conclusions:

The community under study was characterized psychosocially. The diagnosis allowed the development of plans for educational actions, effective to minimize the problematic situations identified. In this community, it was possible to focus on psychoeducational interventions in junior high schools and in groups of patients with chronic noncommunicable diseases.

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