Vulnerability analysis and quilombola women's health in a mining area in the Amazon

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ID3073349
AuthorsVeridiana Barreto Do Nascimento (0000-0003-4655-9670, Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará), Ana Carolina Vitorio Arantes (0000-0002-3867-6327, Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará), Luciana Gonçalves De Carvalho (0000-0001-7916-9092, Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará)
Year2022
Volume31
Issue3
Publication date2022-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSaúde e Sociedade (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0104-1290 • E-ISSN: 1984-0470
PublisherFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/s0104-12902022210024en
OpenAlexW4313141886
SCIELO_PIDS0104-12902022000300309
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited6

Vulnerability encompass different factors that contribute to exposing individuals and groups to the illness processes. In this study, this concept was used to assess the health situation of 139 women living in eight quilombola communities located in a mining area, on the banks of the Trombetas River, in Oriximiná, Pará, Brazil. Data were collected by semi-structured individual interviews, which underwent quantitative analysis and descriptive statistics. Although quilombola communities are historically vulnerable, women are further weakened by individual, social, and programmatic factors, revealed in the poor access to education, information, work, income and health. Hence, public policies specifically suited to their gender and socio-cultural profile are needed

Amazon rainforest · Biology · Descriptive statistics · Environmental health · Geography · Public health · Social vulnerability · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Vulnerability (computing) · Work (physics) · Ecology · Engineering · Indigenous Health and Education · Medicine · Mining and Resource Management · Mosquito-borne diseases and control · Nursing · Psychology · Social Psychology

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