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- Title
Condições de saúde de comunidade quilombola no norte de Minas Gerais.
- Authors
Pinho, Lucinéia; Dias, Roberta Laiane; Mendes Alves Cruz, Luciana; Aléssio Velloso, Nádia
- Abstract
Objective: To characterize the health of a quilombo community in northern Minas Gerais. Method: This was a descriptive study of a quantitative nature, from the secondary data collection system of the Primary Care Information--SIAB, 2010. Results: It was observed that most households own brick house (89.4%), households are mostly supplied by water from wells and springs (66.3%) without the use of the method for purification (91, 3%), household garbage and waste (32.0%) are deposited in the open, 74.0% of households have electricity from the public. It observed that the most prevalent diseases were hypertension (9.5%) and Chagas disease (2.5%). In risk analysis, 47.1% of households classified as medium risk. Conclusion: The data shows the vulnerability of the health conditions of quilombola families.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; DISEASE susceptibility; HEALTH services accessibility; HEALTH status indicators; HOUSING; HYPERTENSION; RESEARCH methodology; WASTE management; RISK assessment; TRYPANOSOMIASIS; QUANTITATIVE research; SECONDARY analysis; SOCIOECONOMIC factors; AT-risk people; DISEASE prevalence; RETROSPECTIVE studies; DATA analysis software; DESCRIPTIVE statistics
- Publication
Revista de Pesquisa: Cuidado é Fundamental, 2015, Vol 7, Issue 1, p1847
- ISSN
1809-6107
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.9789/2175-5361.2015.v7i1.1847-1855