Representatividade indígena no ensino superior: promoção de saúde e sustentabilidade além dos territórios / Indigenous representation in higher education: promoting health and sustainability beyond territories

RESUMO O acesso dos povos indígenas às universidades brasileiras teve um histórico excludente. Com o objetivo de analisar implicações e desdobramentos de suas presenças nesses espaços, uma universidade federal foi objeto deste estudo de intervenção por seu pioneirismo. Estudantes indígenas, docentes e gestores expuseram, em grupos focais e entrevistas, 'não ditos' do ensino superior indígena. Verificouse como seus movimentos contemporâneos saem dos territórios e chegam ao setor, dialogando com as propostas da promoção da saúde, sustentabilidade e Objetivos de Desenvolvimento Sustentável. Avanços, dificuldades, contradições e contribuições culturais revelam a importância destes e favorecem questões mais amplas, oferecendo novos olhares a processos desenvolvidos.

ABSTRACT Indigenous peoples' access to Brazilian universities has had an exclusionary history. With the aim of analyzing implications and consequences of their presence in these spaces, a federal university was the object of this intervention study due to its pioneering spirit. Indigenous students, teachers, and managers exposed, in focus groups and interviews, 'unsaid' aspects of indigenous higher education. It was verified how their contemporary movements leave the territories and reach the sector, dialoguing with the proposals for health promotion, sustainability, and Sustainable Development Goals. Advances, difficulties, contradictions, and cultural contributions reveal their importance and favor broader issues, offering new perspectives on the processes developed.

Narrativas de participantes do Curso Introdução à Saúde dos Povos Indígenas: protagonismo e diversidade para o trabalho nos contextos indígenas / Narratives from participants in the Introduction to Indigenous Peoples' Health Course: protagonism and diversity for work in indigenous contexts

Há uma demanda de formação de profissionais para atuação nos contextos de saúde indígena e cresce o protagonismo indígena nos diversos campos de saber para tratar de suas próprias questões sociopolíticas. O presente artigo traz uma análise documental com abordagem qualitativa e análise temática de conteúdo. Os documentos analisados foram narrativas redigidas por participantes do curso Introdução à Saúde dos Povos Indígenas, ofertado por uma universidade, com participação de indígenas e não indígenas, lideranças, trabalhadores e estudantes da saúde de diversas regiões do Brasil. Analisaram-se três categorias de experiências: presença e protagonismo indígena na experiência do curso; aprendizagens no encontro de diversidades com metodologias ativas de ensino-aprendizagem; formação para o trabalho na saúde indígena. Percebeu-se que a utilização de metodologias ativas possibilitou um curso participativo, com valorização da presença e do protagonismo indígenas. Apresentou-se de forma inovadora ao ofertar espaços de construção de conhecimentos e de formação profissional de forma acessível, no modelo remoto, com valorização dos diferentes conhecimentos e trajetórias dos participantes.

There is a demand for training professionals to work in indigenous health contexts and indigenous protagonism is growing in different fields of knowledge to address their own sociopolitical issues. This article presents a documentary analysis with a qualitative approach and thematic content analysis. The documents analyzed were narratives written by participants in the Introduction to the Health of Indigenous Peoples course, offered by a university, with the participation of indigenous and non indigenous people, leaders, health workers and students from different regions of Brazil. Three categories of experiences were analyzed: indigenous presence and protagonism in the course experience; learning in the encounter of diversities with active teaching-learning methodologies; training for work in indigenous health. It was noticed that the use of active methodologies enabled a participatory course, valuing indigenous presence and protagonism. It presented an innovative way by offering spaces for knowledge construction and professional training in an accessible way, in a remote model, valuing the different knowledge and trajectories of the participants.

Promoção da saúde e efetivação da Reforma Sanitária no contexto dos povos originários / Health promotion and accomplishment of Health Care Reform in the context of indigenous populations

RESUMO O Brasil teve atos e políticas excludentes que levaram à quase dizimação dos variados povos indígenas. Buscando voz e inclusão, o movimento dos povos originários contou com a presença de representantes das próprias comunidades para a consolidação da Reforma Sanitária nesse contexto. Conselheiros indígenas de saúde e agentes indígenas de saúde fomentam a resiliência para reivindicar, proteger e curar relações, lidando com a perspectiva biomédica, e atuação de profissionais não indígenas. Este trabalho objetiva evidenciar as aprendizagens colaborativas e práticas interdisciplinares no atual sistema de saúde brasileiro, para a promoção da saúde dos povos originários. Em uma revisão integrativa, propôs-se discorrer sobre o impacto da formação profissional com ênfase na questão étnica, possibilidades de atuação não colonizadora e inclusiva, e a contribuição dos diversos atores, indígenas ou não, que possibilitam a consolidação desse subsistema de atenção, considerando suas especificidades e sua maneira própria do fazer da saúde. A autonomia, com foco no empoderamento, fortalecida por meio do reconhecimento do papel fundamental dos próprios indígenas e de pessoas ligadas à causa indigenista que se estabeleceram para tal assistência, consolidaram a Reforma Sanitária também nesses territórios, na tentativa de universalidade no acesso, integralidade da atenção, promoção da equidade e redução de iniquidades.

ABSTRACT Brazil has always had historic practices and excluding politics that almost decimated the varied indigenous peoples. Seeking a voice and inclusion, the movement of original populations counted on the presence of communities' representatives to consolidate the Health Care Reform. Health indigenous advisors and indigenous heath agents promoted resilience to claim, protect, and cure relations, dealing with the biomedical perspective, and the performance of non-indigenous professionals. The present study aims to emphasize interdisciplinary placement and collaborative learnings among original populations' heath actors in the current Brazilian health system for the promotion of health among original peoples. Through an integrative review, it was proposed a glossing over the impact of professional qualification emphasizing ethnic issues and practices proper to such context, possibilities of a non-colonizational and inclusive actuation, and the contribution of several actors, indigenous or not, that made such health sub-system possible, considering its specificities and its own way of working in health. Autonomy, focused on empowerment, strengthened by the recognition of the essential role of indigenous peoples and non-indigenous contributors established for such health assistance, consolidated Health Reform also in these territories, trying to achieve universality in service access, integrality of care, promotion of equity, and reduction of inequities.

Oral Candida spp carriage and periodontal diseases in HIV-infected patients in Ribeirão Preto, Brazil

ABSTRACT The majority of HIV-infected patients develop Candida spp-associated clinical oral lesions. Studies have shown that asymptomatic oral colonization of Candida spp may lead to oral lesions or become a source of disseminated infections. The aim of this study was to verify the effects of periodontal conditions on Candida spp prevalence and Candida spp carriage in the oral cavity of HIV-infected patients compared to non-infected patients. Twenty-five patients not infected with HIV and 48 HIV-infected patients were classified according to periodontal conditions as being periodontal healthy or with periodontal disease. Candida spp carriage and classification were performed in oral rinse samples. Viral load and CD4+ T lymphocyte (CD4+L) counts were performed in blood samples from HIV-infected patients. No differences in Candida spp prevalence related to HIV status or periodontal condition were detected. However, Candida spp carriage was increased in periodontally affected HIV-infected patients when compared to periodontally healthy HIV-infected patients (p= 0.04). Periodontally healthy HIV-infected patients presented Candida spp carriage in similar levels as healthy or periodontally affected non-HIV-infected patients. Candida spp carriage was correlated with CD4+L counting in HIV-infected patients. We concluded that periodontal disease is associated with increased Candida spp carriage in HIV-infected patients and may be a predisposing factor to clinical manifestations of candidiasis.

Oral health management of 97 patients living with HIV/AIDS in Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil

Considering the changes antiretroviral therapy (ART) has brought to the treatment of HIV infection, the current clinical and laboratory profiles of HIV/AIDS individuals referred to oral health centers are crucially important in instructing dentists about the oral health management of these patients. The aim of the present study was to determine the clinical and laboratory profiles of HIV-infected individuals referred to a clinic for patients with special needs between 2005 and 2012 by retrospectively analyzing their dental records. A total of 97 records of HIV patients referred to the School of Dentistry of Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo - USP, were analyzed. The Mann-Whitney test was used to determine the associations between mean CD4+ counts, mean viral load, and the presence of HIV-related oral lesions (HIV-OL). Most of the patients were male, and their mean age was 38.3 years. Eighty-nine (92%) patients were on regular ART, 77 (79.4%) had a CD4+ count higher than 200 cells/mm3, and 63 (64.9%) had an undetectable viral load. Twenty patients (20.6%) presented with some HIV-OL, including pseudomembranous and/or erythematous candidiasis and angular cheilitis, which were correlated with a low CD4+ count and with an undetectable viral load (p < 0.05). Among the branches of dentistry, periodontics, followed by surgery and restorative dentistry, was the most sought-after specialty, and no intercurrent events were observed during the dental treatment. It may be concluded that there are no restrictions on the dental treatment of patients on regular ART, It is important, though, that the treatment be based on local characteristics and on the prevention of oral diseases.