ABSTRACT
Na historiografia recente sobre o médio rio Doce reconhece-se a ação do Serviço Especial de Saúde Pública como impulsionadora do desenvolvimento regional entre 1940 e 1950. Não se aprofundam, contudo, atividade e métodos utilizados. Verificar a concepção de saúde e de desenvolvimento subjacente a suas práticas e as condições de sua manutenção é fundamental para avaliar o papel exercido pelo serviço. Sua contribuição deve ser considerada na relação estabelecida com a população, para a qual suas ações trouxeram desenvolvimento, embora tenham alterado práticas de saúde, costumes e valores culturais, reorganizado o espaço, interferindo nas temporalidades estabelecidas e redefinindo as territorialidades exercidas.
Recent historiography on the middle Doce River recognizes the work of Brazil's Special Public Health Service as one of the factors of regional development from 1940 to 1950, but there has been no deeper exploration of the activities and methods used by the service. An evaluation is essential to identify the concept of health and development that underpinned its practices and its conditions for sustainability. The service's contribution must be framed within its established relation with the population, who benefited from the developmental changes achieved by the agency, although it changes health practices, customs, and cultural values and re-organized space, interfering with established temporalities and redefining prevailing territorialities.
Subject(s)
Humans , Preventive Medicine , Public Health/history , Culture , Health Services/history , BrazilABSTRACT
Recent historiography on the middle Doce River recognizes the work of Brazil's Special Public Health Service as one of the factors of regional development from 1940 to 1950, but there has been no deeper exploration of the activities and methods used by the service. An evaluation is essential to identify the concept of health and development that underpinned its practices and its conditions for sustainability. The service's contribution must be framed within its established relation with the population, who benefited from the developmental changes achieved by the agency, although it changes health practices, customs, and cultural values and re-organized space, interfering with established temporalities and redefining prevailing territorialities.
ABSTRACT
O propósito do artigo é abordar a questão da saúde no Vale do Rio Doce em relação ao panorama sanitário de Minas Gerais entre as décadas de 1910 e 1950. Após a análise dos aspectos que marcaram a atuação do Estado no âmbito da saúde pública, pretendemos situar como a região do Rio Doce se inseriu tardiamente no projeto do saneamento do Estado (AU).
