Lifestyles associated with malaria in pregnancy in northwest Colombia: a mixed study from Latin American critical epidemiology.

BACKGROUND: In the scientific literature on Malaria in Pregnancy (MiP), no studies have been conducted on lifestyles based on critical theory. The objective of this study was to analyse the lifestyles or singular processes of social determination of health in MiP in northwestern Colombia. METHODS: Mixed QUAN-QUAL convergent triangulation study. In the quantitative component, a psychometric evaluation and a cross-sectional design were conducted in 400 pregnant women to whom the Pender-Walker lifestyle scale and a survey on MiP prevention were applied. In the qualitative study, a critical ethnography was conducted with 46 pregnant women in whom their narratives and practices regarding lifestyles at home and healthcare were described. RESULTS: The frequency of MiP was 9%, and a higher occurrence of the disease was identified in those who did not control stagnant water (29%), did not use insecticide-treated net (16%) and went to the hospital (14%) or the microscopist (20%) when they had fever. This coincides with the presence of unhealthy lifestyles, little knowledge about malaria, and a low perception of the risk of getting sick, as well as meanings and experiences about MiP, maternity, and pregnancy that show a high clinical, cultural, and socioeconomic burden for the women studied. CONCLUSION: This epidemiological profile and the approach to lifestyles based on the postulates of critical theory in health evidence that pregnant women exposed to malaria suffer serious social, cultural and health injustices that are not possible to impact with the current health model of malaria control in Colombia guided by aetiopathogenic, biomedical, positivist and utilitarian theories.

Processos críticos protetores e destrutivos no trabalho das pescadoras artesanais do litoral Pernambucano, Brasil / The protective and destructive critical processes of female labor in small-scale fishing in coast Pernambuco, Brazil

Resumo Objetivou-se analisar os processos críticos, protetores e destrutivos do trabalho de 34 mulheres das águas nos municípios de Cabo de Santo de Agostinho e Ipojuca (PE), de fevereiro de 2021 a agosto de 2022. As etapas do processo de trabalho foram sistematizadas pelo fluxograma do trabalho e organizadas na matriz de processos críticos de Breilh. Os processos destrutivos, no domínio geral, foram: injustiça e vulnerabilização socioambiental como modelo de desenvolvimento econômico, o Complexo Industrial Portuário de Suape, o desastre-crime de petróleo ocorrido em 2019, a pandemia de COVID-19 e dificuldade de acesso às políticas públicas; no particular: jornadas e sobrecargas de trabalho, uso de equipamentos e ferramentas rudimentares e relações desiguais de gênero, classe e raça; no singular: adoecimentos físicos, mentais e mortes. Os processos protetores, no domínio geral: os objetivos de desenvolvimento sustentável, políticas públicas de saúde e assistência social; no particular: trabalho e beneficiamento em grupo, consumo para subsistência; no singular: a pesca como processo terapêutico, prazeroso e de partilha. O estudo destacou os problemas centrais das mulheres das águas e a necessidade do estabelecimento de políticas públicas voltadas ao seu cuidado.

Abstract This study aims to analyze the protective and destructive critical processes of 34 water women in the municipalities of Cabo de Santo de Agostinho and Ipojuca, Pernambuco, Brazil, from February/21 to August/22. The work process stages were systematized by the work flowchart, and we employed Breilh's critical processes matrix to organize the data. The destructive processes identified in the general domain were injustice and socio-environmental vulnerability, such as the economic development model, the Suape Industrial Port Complex, the 2019 oil spill crime disaster, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the difficult access to public policies; in the particular domain: overloads and extended working hours, use of rudimentary equipment and tools, and unequal gender, class, and race relationships; in the singular domain: physical and mental illnesses and deaths. The protective processes identified in the general domain were sustainable development objectives, public health, and social assistance policies; in the particular domain, group work and processing, consumption for subsistence; in the singular domain, fishing as a therapeutic, pleasurable, and sharing process. The study highlighted the central issues of the water women and the need to establish public policies targeting their care.

La medicina social y las ciencias sociales en América Latina: tensiones conceptuales para la transformación de la salud pública en el siglo XX / Social medicine and the social sciences in Latin America: conceptual tensions for the transformation of public health in the 20th century / Medicina social e ciências sociais na América Latina: tensões conceituais para a transformação da saúde pública no século XX

RESUMEN El desarrollo de la salud pública en América Latina durante el siglo XX combinó, desde el principio, el marco de la medicina social sobre los orígenes sociales, políticos y ambientales de la enfermedad con los aportes del trabajo de campo de la antropología médica. A pesar de la hegemonía del modelo médico, el surgimiento del marco de la medicina preventiva legitimó aún más la participación de los científicos sociales en el estudio de la multicausalidad de la enfermedad. Sin embargo, las limitaciones que trajo consigo la falta de contextualización histórica y política del modelo de la medicina preventiva dieron paso al movimiento latinoamericano de medicina social, basado en el materialismo histórico, y al desarrollo tanto de la epidemiología crítica como de la antropología médica crítica.

ABSTRACT The development of public health in Latin America during the 20th century combined, early on, the social medicine framework on the social, political, and environmental origins of disease with the contributions of medical anthropological fieldwork. Despite the hegemony of the medical model, the surge of the preventive medicine framework further legitimized the involvement of social scientists in the study of the multicausality of disease. However, the limitations brought by the preventive medicine model's lack of historical and political contextualization gave way to the Latin American social medicine movement, which was grounded in historical materialism, and the development of both critical epidemiology and critical medical anthropology.

RESUMO Desde o início, a evolução da saúde pública na América Latina ao longo do século XX combinou o marco teórico da medicina social sobre as origens sociais, políticas e ambientais das doenças com as contribuições derivadas do trabalho de campo da antropologia médica. Apesar da hegemonia do modelo médico, o surgimento do modelo de medicina preventiva legitimou ainda mais a participação dos cientistas sociais no estudo da multicausalidade das doenças. Entretanto, as limitações causadas pela falta de contextualização histórica e política do modelo de medicina preventiva abriram espaço para o movimento latino-americano de medicina social, fundamentado no materialismo histórico, e para o desenvolvimento da epidemiologia crítica e da antropologia médica crítica.

In the same storm, but on different boats: The social determination of mental health during COVID-19 / Na mesma tempestade, mas em barcos diferentes: a determinação social da saúde mental na COVID-19

Objective The social and health scenario of the pandemic caused by COVID-19 had an impact on the mental health of the population, characterized by strong health inequities. Faced with this problem, this study aimed to analyze the predictor variables of mental health in Brazilians during the pandemic, identifying the most vulnerable groups. Method An online survey was carried out, with a non-probabilistic sample of 1.397 Brazilians, who answered a biodemographic and general health questionnaire, analyzed using descriptive and analytical statistics. Results It was identified that being female, non-heterosexual, unemployed, with low income, and history of mental health comorbidities are predictors of mental health problems. In addition to these, the sample comparisons revealed other groups with greater susceptibility: single and divorced, without religion, with history of COVID-19, maintaining social distancing, and bereaved. Conclusion There are groups with greater vulnerability to mental health problems, requiring health policies for prevention and health promotion that are appropriate for different social groups.

Objetivo O cenário social e sanitário da pandemia de COVID-19 repercutiram na saúde mental da população, marcada por fortes iniquidades em saúde. Diante desse problema, o presente estudo objetivou analisar as variáveis preditoras da saúde mental de brasileiros durante a pandemia, identificando os grupos mais vulneráveis. Método Realizou-se um levantamento online, com amostra não probabilística de 1.397 brasileiros, que responderam a um questionário biodemográfico e ao Questionário de Saúde Geral, analisados por meio de estatística descritiva e analítica. Resultados Identificou-se que ser do sexo feminino, não heterossexual, desempregado, com baixa renda e comorbidade prévia em transtornos mentais são preditores de problemas em saúde mental. Além desses, as comparações amostrais revelaram outros grupos com maior susceptibilidade: solteiros e divorciados, sem religião, com histórico de COVID-19, em distanciamento social e enlutados. Conclusão Existem grupos com maior vulnerabilidade a problemas de saúde mental, sendo necessárias políticas de saúde de prevenção e promoção da saúde adequadas aos diferentes grupos sociais.

Promoção de territórios saudáveis: assessoria técnica à habitação social no Setor 1 da Colônia Juliano Moreira / Promotion of healthy territories: Technical advice on social housing in Sector 1 of Colônia Juliano Moreira

RESUMO O artigo propõe contribuir para a reflexão sobre princípios e estratégias promotoras de saúde em territórios vulnerabilizados, tendo como objetivo específico avaliar o papel que pode ser desempenhado por uma política e serviço público de base local, permanente e participativo, desenvolvido por meio de assessoria técnica com enfoque na requalificação do espaço da moradia e do habitat que favoreça a população mais vulnerabilizada e promova soluções positivas em sua qualidade de vida. O trabalho tem sua fundamentação teórico-metodológica no campo da saúde urbana, referenciada na perspectiva crítica da complexidade do fenômeno saúde-doença, mais especificamente quando relaciona a vulnerabilidade socioambiental e os condicionantes do ambiente construído à saúde coletiva. O artigo utiliza como caso referência a experiência desenvolvida pela Fiocruz Mata Atlântica, da Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, e busca verificar a identificação dos fatores determinantes e de processos de determinação social da saúde, bem como a apropriação de princípios e estratégias de ação desse campo disciplinar. Os resultados parciais dessa experiência em curso apresentam avanços não somente nas transformações objetivas dos fatores determinantes relacionados com o ambiente construído, mas também na organização social e na articulação intersetorial nesse contexto, assim como na construção de referências para políticas públicas.

ABSTRACT The article proposes to contribute to reflection on health promoting principles and strategies in vulnerable territories, aiming at the specific objective to evaluate the role that can be played by a local, permanent, and participatory policy and public service, developed through technical assistance with a focus on improving the housing space and the habitat that favors the most vulnerable population and promotes positive solutions in their quality of life. The work has its theoretical methodological foundation in the field of urban health, referenced from the critical perspective of the complexity of the health-disease phenomenon, more specifically when it relates the social and environmental vulnerability and the conditions of the built environment to collective health. The article uses as a reference the experience developed by FIOCRUZ Mata Atlântica, of the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, and seeks to verify the identification of social determinants and processes of social determination of health as well as the appropriation of principles and strategies of action of this disciplinary field. The partial results of this ongoing experience have advances not only in the objective transformations of determining factors related to the built environment, but also in the social organization and intersectoral articulation in this context, as well as the construction of references for public policies.

A necessidade de construção de assistência e Vigilância em Saúde no contexto das mudanças climáticas - 'um passo à frente e você não estará mais no mesmo lugar' / The need to build health care and surveillance in the context of climate change - 'one step forward and you will no longer be in the same place'

RESUMO Artigo crítico-reflexivo, à luz da Determinação Social do processo saúde/doença, que objetivou articular as concepções e as abordagens da vigilância em saúde à problematização das questões complexas de saúde que exigem a produção de cuidado articulado à territorialidade, à intersetorialidade e à interseccionalidade, além de concatenado à prática assistencial na Atenção Primária à Saúde, em contexto global de intensas e incertas mudanças climáticas. Para alcançar o objetivo, realizou-se um ensaio teórico no qual se desenvolveram argumentos teórico-analíticos caracterizados por articular pesquisas empíricas em relação ao tema da necessidade de construção de assistência e vigilância em saúde territorialmente articuladas e coletivamente construídas no contexto das mudanças climáticas. Para tanto, este manuscrito se organiza em três itens: 1) problematizar a 'Determinação Social da Saúde e o enfrentamento dos agravos de relevância epidemiológica'; 2) debater as 'mudanças climáticas e os desafios persistentes e o enfrentamento dos agravos infectocontagiosas no Brasil'; 3) apresentar 'Estratégias participativas e construção de abordagens democráticas na assistência e na vigilância em saúde'. A Vigilância Popular em Saúde tem sido caracterizada como prática democrática que articula ações de vigilância concatenadas às realidades territoriais, definindo-se como experiência que tem apontado novos horizontes para uma prática territorialmente articulada e coletivamente construída.

ABSTRACT This critical-reflexive article, in light of the Social Determination of the health/disease process, aims to articulate the conceptions and approaches of health surveillance to problematize complex health issues that require the production of care articulated to territoriality, intersectorality and intersectionality, in addition to being linked to care practice in Primary Health Care, in a global context of intense and uncertain climate change. The methodological path outlined to achieve the objective was to carry out a theoretical essay, in which theoretical-analytical arguments were developed, characterized by articulating empirical research in relation to the theme of the need to build territorially articulated and collectively constructed health care and surveillance in the context of climate change. To this end, this manuscript is organized into three items: 1) problematize the 'Social Determination of Health and coping with diseases of epidemiological relevance'; 2) discuss 'climate change and persistent challenges and combating infectious diseases in Brazil'; 3) present 'Participatory strategies and construction of democratic approaches in health care and surveillance'. Popular Health Surveillance has been characterized as a democratic practice that articulates surveillance actions linked to territorial realities, characterizing itself as an experience that has pointed out new horizons for a territorially articulated and collectively constructed practice.

Vidas bagaços! Os processos de vulnerabilização enfrentados pelos trabalhadores-migrantes nos canaviais de São Paulo e da Bahia / Bagasse lives! The vulnerability processes faced by migrant workers in the sugarcane fields of São Paulo and Bahia, Brazil

Resumo Objetivo: compreender os processos de vulnerabilização enfrentados pelos trabalhadores-migrantes canavieiros diante do avanço da mecanização. Métodos: abordagem qualitativa pautada na abordagem metodológica da Reprodução Social da Saúde proposta por Juan Samaja, nas dimensões biocumunal, tecnoeconômica e política. Foram realizadas 18 entrevistas semiestruturadas com trabalhadores-migrantes canavieiros no período de abril de 2020 a dezembro de 2021. Resultados: na dimensão tecnoeconômica verificou-se que na usina A o trabalhador se tornou polivalente, com a presença do trabalho em equipe e a introdução de tecnologias para aumentar o controle do trabalho. Na usina B, os trabalhadores encontram piores condições de trabalho devido à irrigação, à irregularidade dos terrenos, à presença de pedras e à exposição às queimadas. Na dimensão biocomunal, foram identificados potencialização dos acidentes, uso de agrotóxicos, distúrbios hidroeletrolíticos e problemas cardiovasculares. Na dimensão política, foi observada a precariedade da assistência à saúde do trabalhador canavieiro. Conclusão: a intensificação da mecanização na colheita de cana-de-açúcar não melhorou as condições de trabalho dos cortadores, ao contrário, provocou a perpetuação de velhos e a inserção de novos processos de vulnerabilização.

Abstract Objective: to understand the processes of vulnerability faced by sugarcane migrant workers in the face of advancing mechanization. Methods: this study adopts a qualitative approach based on the biocommunity, techno-economic and political dimensions of the social reproduction of health proposed by Juan Samaja. In total, 18 semi-structured interviews were conducted with sugarcane migrant workers in the period from April 2020 to December 2021. Results: in the techno-economic dimension, it was found that in Mill A workers have become polyvalent, with the presence of teamwork and the introduction of technologies to increase work control. In Mill B, the workers identified worse working conditions due to irrigation, irregular terrain, rocky geography, and exposure to burnings. In the biocommunity dimension, the greater chance of accidents, the use of pesticides, hydroelectrolytic disorders and cardiovascular problems were identified. In the political dimension the precariousness of health care for sugarcane workers was identified. Conclusion: the intensification of mechanization in sugarcane harvesting has not improved the life of sugarcane workers, on the contrary, it has caused the perpetuation of old vulnerabilities and the insertion of new ones.

Social determination of malaria in pregnancy in Colombia: a critical ethnographic study.

BACKGROUND: The meanings and experiences related to malaria in pregnancy (MiP) and its processes of social determination of health (PSDH) have not been reported in the world scientific literature. The objective was to understand the meanings and experiences of MiP, and to explain their PSDH in an endemic area from Colombia, 2022. METHODS: Critical ethnography with 46 pregnant women and 31 healthcare workers. In-depth and semi-structured interviews, focus group discussions, participant and non-participant observations, and field diaries were applied. A phenomenological-hermeneutic analysis, saturation and triangulation was carried out. The methodological rigor criteria were reflexivity, credibility, auditability, and transferability. RESULTS: At the singular level, participants indicated different problems in antenatal care and malaria control programmes, pregnant women were lacking knowledge about MiP, and malaria care was restricted to cases with high obstetric risk. Three additional levels that explain the PSDH of MiP were identified: (i) limitations of malaria control policies, and health-system, geographic, cultural and economic barriers by MiP diagnosis and treatment; (ii) problems of public health programmes and antenatal care; (iii) structural problems such as monetary poverty, scarcity of resources for public health and inefficiency in their use, lacking community commitment to preventive actions, and breach of institutional responsibilities of health promoter entity, municipalities and health services provider institutions. CONCLUSION: Initiatives for MiP control are concentrated at the singular level, PDSH identified in this research show the need to broaden the field of action, increase health resources, and improve public health programmes and antenatal care. It is also necessary to impact the reciprocal relationships of MiP with economic and cultural dimensions, although these aspects are increasingly diminished with the predominance and naturalization of neoliberal logic in health.

Rethinking and Decolonizing Theories, Policies, and Practice of Health from the Global South.

This article states the need to decolonize the theories, policies, and practices that dominate health, and reflects on the necessity for a new epistemology built from the Global South. This allows rethinking health with a new categorical framework, which incorporates socially determined health and life, with the optic of reaching the highest conceivable degree of living well/well-living. We put forth that the epistemic bases of epidemiology and the implementation of health systems tend to reproduce a coloniality of power and of established health knowledge. Health systems are viewed as an accumulation of reforms based on theories and policies of the Global North imposed on Latin America and the Caribbean. These systems have been built as bureaucratic, biomedicalized, treatment-oriented, and commercialized health systems that are perceived as external to societies and that reproduce mistreatment, violence, and racism. We make the argument to rethink, remake, and decolonize the theories and practices that govern both epidemiology and health systems, and, from the South, develop strategic processes for building health sovereignty as the vision for the reconstruction of hope and social justice.

Determinación del Derecho a Salud bucal: mujeres postparto e hijos en Santiago de Chile / Determination of the Right to Oral Health: postpartum women and children in Santiago de Chile

Comprender desde la determinación social de la salud el papel de los procesos generales, particulares y singulares sobre la realización del derecho a salud bucal de mujeres en periodo de post-parto en Santiago de Chile. Diseño cualitativo exploratorio con mujeres primíparas o multíparas en primer trimestre postparto, beneficiarias FONASA usuarias de Chile Crece Contigo. Se aplicó encuesta de clasificación social, exámenes clínicos, entrevistas semiestructuradas o grupos de discusión. Para el nivel general se analizó profusa información referencial. Existen procesos generales que favorecen la realización del derecho a salud bucal como las políticas de protección integral a la infancia, la priorización de la atención en salud en gestantes; la existencia de derechos adquiridos para la embarazada: permiso pre y post natal y fuero maternal. Desfavorece el modelo de desarrollo neoliberal y consecuentes condiciones de pobreza, la inequidad de género y el énfasis cultural en la responsabilidad femenina sobre el cuidado. Los procesos críticos actúan en los tres niveles del modelo teórico. Si bien en el nivel particular se identifica un avance en las políticas públicas, este no redunda en una efectiva realización del derecho a nivel singular pues enfrenta elementos estructurales del nivel general, sobre todo en el ámbito laboral y cultural.

Objective: To understand from the framework of social determination of health the role of general, particular and singular processes in the realization of the right to oral health for women in the postpartum period and their newborn children during the first year of life, in Santiago de Chile. Materials and Methods: Exploratory qualitative design with FONASA beneficiary women and newborn children. A social classification survey, semi-structured interviews and focus groups were applied to primiparous or multiparous women of childbearing age in the first postpartum trimester, beneficiaries of the Intersectoral Program ÒChile Crece ContigoÓ. Discussion: For the general level, extensive reference information was analyzed. Results: Some general processes favor the realization of the right to oral health, such as comprehensive protection policies for children, the dynamics of the health care system, and the existence of acquired rights for pregnant women, such as pre and post-natal, and maternity leave. The processes that disfavor its realization are the neoliberal development model, the conditions of poverty, gender inequity (income, employment/unemployment) and cultural factors such as the emphasis on female responsibility for care. Conclusions: The critical processes for the realization of the right to oral health act at the three levels of the theoretical model. There is an advance in public policies at the individual level. However, this does not result in an effective realization of the right at a singular level since it confronts structural elements of the general level, especially in the work and cultural field.

Manejo de la epidemia de COVID-19 en Cuba con enfoques sindémico y de determinación social de la salud / Managing the COVID-19 Epidemic in Cuba With Syndemic and Social Determination Approaches to Health

Introducción: La epidemia de COVID-19 impactó negativamente en el logro de las metas y objetivos de desarrollo sostenible establecidos para el año 2030, al recolocar en el centro del debate internacional los temas de pobreza, desigualdades sociales e inequidades en salud y la necesidad de abordar integralmente esta sindemia desde un enfoque de determinación social de la salud. Objetivo: Exponer la experiencia cubana de manejo de la epidemia de COVID-19 desde la teoría sindémica y el enfoque de la determinación social de la salud. Métodos: Se realizó una revisión y análisis documental para identificar las regularidades presentes en el manejo de la epidemia de la COVID en Cuba y en el mundo desde un enfoque de sindemia y determinación social de la salud. Se exponen las experiencias del autor principal durante su labor de asesoría epidemiológica para el manejo de la epidemia en seis provincias cubanas. Conclusiones: Se requiere profundizar en las potencialidades de estos enfoques para afrontar intersectorialmente los determinantes sociales de la epidemia y evitar los efectos en el desarrollo económico, social y sanitario(AU)

Introduction: The COVID-19 epidemic had a negative impact on the achievement of the sustainable development goals and objectives established for the year 2030, by placing the issues of poverty, social inequalities and health inequities at the center of the international debate and the need to comprehensively address this syndemic from a social determination approach to health. Objective: To present the Cuban experience of managing the COVID-19 epidemic from the syndemic theory and the approach of the social determination of health. Methods: A review and documentary analysis was carried out to identify the regularities present in the management of the COVID epidemic in Cuba and in the world from a syndemic and social determination of health approach. The experiences of the main author during his work as an epidemiological advisor for the management of the epidemic in six Cuban provinces were presented. Conclusions: It is necessary to deepen the potentialities of these approaches to address the social determinants of the epidemic intersectorally and avoid the effects on economic, social and health development(AU)

Determinação social da hanseníase e o racismo brasileiro / Social determination of leprosy and Brazilian racism

A hanseníase permanece sendo um problema de saúde pública e com alta taxa de transmissibilidade e incidência em países de baixa e média renda, tornando-os endêmicos. Por serem poucos os estudos sobre a epidemiologia, ainda há grande dificuldade na intervenção e definição dos grupos alvo da doença, assim, aprofundar sobre se mostra importante para o combatê-la. O Brasil é o segundo maior país com números de casos de hanseníase, ficando atrás apenas da Índia, por isso, estudos no país são cruciais. A partir de uma revisão narrativa, foi investigado o perfil epidemiológico da hanseníase no Brasil e a sua relação com a desigualdade social. Partindo disso, foram relacionados dados sobre a vulnerabilidade social de pessoas negras no Brasil e o fato disto coincidir com os dados epidemiológicos de risco de hanseníase no país. Para isso, utilizou-se como orientação deste trabalho, os conceitos de determinação social da saúde e racismo estrutural. Por fim, a partir do conceito de necropolítica, a revisão relacionou esses dados coincidentes intencionando discutir se a hanseníase é uma doença negligenciada ou são as pessoas acometidas os negligenciados. As conclusões foram que há possibilidade de conexão entre os dados da epidemiologia da hanseníase no Brasil e a desigualdade social e racial do país; que o conceito de necropolítica é válido e possibilita um aprofundamento na discussão sobre hanseníase e negligência; e que é importante que hajam medidas de reparação histórica quando falamos de desigualdade racial, como a busca por um cenário político mais equitativo

Leprosy remains a public health problem and with a high rate of transmissibility and incidence in low- and middle-income countries, making them endemic. Because there are few studies on epidemiology, there is still great difficulty in intervening and defining the target groups of the disease, thus, going deeper into it is important to combat it. Brazil is the second largest country with numbers of leprosy cases, second only to India, therefore, studies in the country are crucial. Based on a narrative review, the epidemiological profile of leprosy in Brazil and its relationship with social inequality were investigated. Based on this, data on the social vulnerability of black people in Brazil were related and the fact that this coincides with epidemiological data on the risk of leprosy in the country. For this, the concepts of social determination of health and structural racism were used as guidelines for this work. Finally, from the concept of necropolitics, the review related these coincident data intending to discuss whether is leprosy a neglected disease or are the people affected the neglected. The conclusions were that there is a possibility of connection between data on the epidemiology of leprosy in Brazil and the country's social and racial inequality; that the concept of necropolitics is valid and allows for a deeper discussion on leprosy and neglect; and that it is important that there are historical reparation measures when we talk about racial inequality as the search for a more equitable political scenario

Desastre socioambiental de Mariana: implicações nas condições de saúde da população atingida e no processo de trabalho dos serviços de saúde / Mariana socio-environmental disaster: implications for the health conditions of the affected population and the work process of health services

O desastre socioambiental, ocorrido em Mariana, em consequência do rompimento da barragem de Fundão da mineradora Samarco, devastou as comunidades de Bento Rodrigues e de Paracatu de Baixo provocando perdas e danos que podem se desdobrar ao longo do tempo, produzindo efeitos profundos na saúde, no meio ambiente, bem como no contexto de vida e trabalho. Com isso, busca-se analisar o processo saúde-doença e o processo de trabalho nos serviços de saúde destinados à população atingida pelo desastre socioambiental em Mariana. Trata-se de um estudo de caso conduzido pela abordagem qualitativa, descritiva e exploratória, cujo cenário é Mariana, onde se encontram as comunidades diretamente atingidas pelo rompimento da barragem de rejeito de mineração. As fontes de evidências utilizadas foram documentos de domínio público e entrevistas com profissionais de saúde e gestores. Foram escolhidas intencionalmente a Unidade de Saúde de Bento Rodrigues e o dispositivo Conviver, por atenderem exclusivamente as famílias vítimas do desastre. Participaram da pesquisa onze profissionais de saúde e três gestores. Os dados foram analisados por meio da estratégia de proposições teóricas à luz da teoria de Determinação Social do Processo Saúde-Doença. Os resultados revelaram as implicações do desastre nas condições sociais, econômicas, culturais e sobretudo na saúde da população atingida, com consequências relacionadas aos agravos respiratórios e os ocasionados por veiculação hídrica ou contato com a lama toxica de rejeito, e os casos depressivos e demais transtornos psicossociais que intensificaram o sofrimento crônico da população. Já as implicações do desastre no processo de trabalho nos serviços de atendimento exclusivo aos atingidos, evidenciam uma (re)organização do sistema de saúde, o qual enfrentou dificuldades estruturais tanto na fase emergencial quanto de recuperação pós-desastre. Destaca-se que embora os instrumentos do processo de trabalho utilizados pelos profissionais de saúde e gestores, são capazes de acolher, estimular práticas mais integradas e que transcendem a intervenção apenas nos corpos biológicos, ainda assim não são capazes de suprir as necessidades mediadas de saúde dos atingidos, não promovendo respostas às necessidades políticas, sociais e econômicas no que tange à reparação, à indenização e os direitos da população atingida.

The socio-environmental disaster that occurred in Mariana, because of the collapse of the Samarco mining company's Fundão dam, devastated the communities of Bento Rodrigues and Paracatu de Baixo, causing losses and damages that can unfold over time, producing profound effects on health, in the environment, as well as in the context of life and work. With this, we seek to analyze the health-disease process and the work process in health services intended for the population affected by the socio-environmental disaster in Mariana. This is a case study conducted using a qualitative, descriptive and exploratory approach, whose setting is Mariana, where the communities directly affected by the collapse of the mining tailings dam are located. The sources of evidence used were public domain documents and interviews with health professionals and managers. The Bento Rodrigues Health Unit and the Conviver device were intentionally chosen, as they exclusively serve families who were victims of the disaster. Eleven health professionals and three managers participated in the research. The data were analyzed using the strategy of theoretical propositions in light of the theory of Social Determination of the HealthDisease Process. The results revealed the implications of the disaster on social, economic, cultural conditions and above all on the health of the affected population, with consequences related to respiratory problems and those caused by water transport or contact with toxic waste sludge, and depressive cases and other disorders, psychosocial problems that intensified the chronic suffering of the population. The implications of the disaster on the work process in services providing exclusive care to those affected highlight a (re) organization of the health system, which faced structural difficulties in both the emergency and postdisaster recovery phases. It is noteworthy that although the work process instruments used by health professionals and managers are capable of welcoming and stimulating more integrated practices, that transcend intervention only in biological bodies, they are still not capable of meeting mediated health needs of those affected, failing to promote responses to political, social and economic needs in terms of reparation, compensation and the rights of the affected population.

Modelo general de la determinación social de la salud para la tuberculosis

Introducción : El avance hacia la eliminación de la tuberculosis en Cuba, depende de la justicia social para las personas afectadas y sus familiares, barrio por barrio, área de salud por área de salud y municipio por municipio. Para potenciar las dimensiones de su determinación social será necesario un modelo de eliminación local asentado en su enfoque general. Objetivo : Describir un modelo general con enfoque sistémico de la determinación social en salud, aplicado a la tuberculosis. Métodos : Se realizó un estudio cualitativo basado en una revisión documental de artículos sobre la determinación social, con diseño de un modelo explicativo, simple para su comprensión, con componentes estructurales, intermedios e individuales para ser adaptado en el tema de la tuberculosis. Resultados : El modelo planteado tiene como entrada la voluntad política, dependiente del poder establecido que determina las políticas públicas, interactuando con las dimensiones intermedias como aspectos centrales y con las dimensiones individuales de carácter sociodemográficas, socioculturales y socioeconómicas. Estas a su vez retroalimentan e influyen nuevamente en la Voluntad política y las Políticas públicas, cerrando el ciclo sistémico. Además, se incluye el control interactivo del sistema. Conclusiones : Además de los modelos planteados en la literatura nacional revisada, abundar en su enfoque sistémico contribuye a facilitar la comprensión del monitoreo de la Determinación social de la tuberculosis por parte del personal encargado de dar sostenibilidad del control hacia la eliminación.

Introduction : Progress towards the tuberculosis elimination in Cuba depends on social justice for the people affected and their families, neighborhood by neighborhood, health area by health area and municipality by municipality. To enhance the dimensions of its social determination, a local elimination model based on its general approach will be necessary. Objective: To describe a general model with a systemic approach to Social determination in health, applied to tuberculosis. Methods : A qualitative study based on a documentary review of articles on social determination was carried out, with the design of an explanatory model, simple for its understanding, with structural, intermediate and individual components to be adapted to the topic of tuberculosis. Results : The proposed model has as input the political will, dependent on the established power that determines public policies, interacting with the intermediate dimensions as central aspects and with the individual dimensions of a sociodemographic, sociocultural and socioeconomic nature. These, in turn, feedback and once again influence the political will and Public policies, closing the systemic cycle. In addition, interactive control of the system is included. Conclusions : In addition to the models proposed in the national literature reviewed, abounding in its systemic approach contributes to facilitate the understanding of the monitoring of the Social determination in health in tuberculosis by the personnel in charge of providing sustainability of control towards elimination.

Desastre socioambiental: condições de saúde dos atingidos na perspectiva dos profissionais de saúde e gestores* / Desastre socioambiental: condiciones de salud de los afectados desde la perspectiva de los profesionales y gestores sanitarios / Socio-environmental disaster: the health conditions of those affected from the perspective of healthcare professionals and managers

Objetivo: analisar as condições de saúde da população atingida pelo rompimento da barragem de mineração na perspectiva dos profissionais de saúde e gestores. Método: estudo de caso qualitativo, realizado por meio de documentos de domínio público e entrevistas com profissionais de saúde e gestores, entre os meses de março a maio de 2022, totalizando 14 participantes. Os dados foram analisados segundo a estratégia de proposições teóricas à luz da Determinação Social da Saúde. Resultados: considera-se como piora nas condições de saúde em relação aos problemas respiratórios, gastroenterites, obesidade, arboviroses, intensificação do uso de álcool e drogas, e doenças mentais. Destaca-se a perda do trabalho, da casa, e do pertencimento comunitário dos atingidos. Conclusão: o desastre socioambiental foi condicionante para mudanças nas condições de saúde dos atingidos, expondo-os a novos cenários e sobreposição de riscos capazes de modificar a qualidade de vida e agravar as condições de saúde biopsicossociais.

Objective: to analyze the health conditions of the population affected by the mining dam collapse from the perspective of healthcare professionals and managers. Method: this is a qualitative case study, conducted using public domain documents and interviews with healthcare professionals and managers, from March to May 2022, totaling 14 participants. The data were analyzed according to the theoretical propositions strategy based on the Social Determinants of Health. Results: the health conditions of this population have worsened in terms of respiratory problems, gastroenteritis, obesity, arboviruses, increased use of alcohol and drugs, and mental illnesses. The loss of employment, home, and community belonging of those affected is highlighted. Conclusion: the socio-environmental disaster was a conditioning factor for changes in the health conditions of those affected, exposing them to new scenarios and overlapping risks capable of modifying their quality of life and aggravating their biopsychosocial health conditions.

Objetivo: analizar las condiciones de salud de la población afectada por el colapso de la presa minera desde la perspectiva de los profesionales y gestores sanitarios. Método: estudio de caso cualitativo, realizado por medio de documentos de dominio público y entrevistas a profesionales y gestores de salud, entre marzo y mayo de 2022, con un total de 14 participantes. Los datos fueron analizados según la estrategia de proposiciones teóricas a la luz de la Determinación Social de la Salud. Resultados: se considera el empeoramiento de las condiciones de salud en relación con los problemas respiratorios, la gastroenteritis, la obesidad, los arbovirus, la intensificación del consumo de alcohol y drogas, y las enfermedades mentales. Se destacan la pérdida del trabajo, del hogar, y de la pertenencia a la comunidad de los afectados. Conclusión: el desastre socioambiental fue un factor condicionante de alteraciones en las condiciones de salud de los afectados, exponiéndolos a nuevos escenarios y riesgos superpuestos capaces de modificar la calidad de vida y empeorar las condiciones de salud biopsicosocial.

Saúde da população em situação de rua: reflexões a partir da determinação social da saúde / Homeless population's health: reflections from the social determination of health

Resumo Este artigo tem como objetivo apresentar reflexões sobre a saúde da população em situação de rua, utilizando o conceito da determinação social do processo saúde-doença como método de análise. O artigo está estruturado em formato ensaístico, sendo organizado em duas seções: a primeira, que apresenta a discussão sobre a saúde dessa população, discorrendo sobre a organização dos serviços de saúde para dar assistência a essas pessoas, seus avanços e entraves. A segunda seção realiza uma análise do processo saúde-doença da população em situação de rua, utilizando o referencial teórico da Saúde Coletiva a partir do conceito da determinação social da saúde. O artigo argumenta que o modelo biomédico tem sido insuficiente para pensar na saúde da população em situação de rua, uma vez que desconsidera a complexidade dessa realidade social. A compreensão do processo saúde-doença como socialmente determinado localiza a saúde como resultando das condições materiais de existência dessa população, as quais são condicionadas pela forma de organização social no modo de produção capitalista. Assim, a determinação social opera como uma importante ferramenta de análise da saúde da população em situação de rua em uma perspectiva de totalidade.

Abstract This article aims to present reflections about the homeless people's health, using the social determination of health-disease process concept as an analysis key. This article in essay format was organized in two sections: the first one presents the discussion about this population's health, indicating to the organization of health services that assist these people, its advances and obstacles; the next section performs an analysis of the health-disease process of the homeless population using the theoretical reference of Collective Health based on the social determination of health concept. The article argues that the biomedical model has been insufficient to think about the health of the homeless population, once it disregards the complexity of this social reality. Understanding the health-disease process as socially determined approaches health as a result of the material conditions of existence of this population, which are conditioned by the form of social production organization in the capitalist production mode. Thus, social determination operates as an important tool to analyze the homeless people's health from a perspective of totality.

Social Determination of the Health of Families from Two Neighborhoods in Medellín, Colombia.

OBJECTIVES: To understand the health process, from the approach of the social determination of health in two neighborhoods in Medellín - Colombia, to contribute to the care of people, families, and collectives in their multidimensional reality. METHODS: Qualitative research from the ethnographic perspective, approaching the general dimension with documentary analysis of social policies and community documents, the particular dimension through focal groups and interviews to community leaders, and the singular dimension with the family visit. RESULTS: Families and collectives live within a sociocultural setting of resistance, overshadowed by moments of flight and displacement derived from violence, with scant participation in city plans and programs and with structural problems of economic and political exclusion. They constructed the territory as space and shelter in the weave that protects and violates them, with processes from uprooting to rooting. The families have maintained protective processes, like family participation in decision making, knowledge on health care, among others, and destructive processes, like informal labor and job instability, without spaces for recreation and with limitations in transportation, in access to health programs and in obtaining food. CONCLUSIONS: The health of the families has been determined by historical exclusion to work to obtain resources for a minimum vital subsistence, which is why they suffer social vulnerability due to few opportunities for development; they have lived a transformation process of the territory with resistance, solidarity, and construction of social networks.

Social Determination of the Health of Families from Two Neighborhoods in Medellín, Colombia / Determinación social de la salud de las familias de dos barrios de Medellín, Colombia / Determinação social da saúde das famílias em dois bairros de Medellín, Colômbia

Objective. To understand the health process, from the approach of the social determination of health in two neighborhoods in Medellín - Colombia, to contribute to the care of people, families, and collectives in their multidimensional reality. Methods. Qualitative research from the ethnographic perspective, approaching the general dimension with documentary analysis of social policies and community documents, the particular dimension through focal groups and interviews to community leaders, and the singular dimension with the family visit. Results. Families and collectives live within a sociocultural setting of resistance, overshadowed by moments of flight and displacement derived from violence, with scant participation in city plans and programs and with structural problems of economic and political exclusion. They constructed the territory as space and shelter in the weave that protects and violates them, with processes from uprooting to rooting. The families have maintained protective processes, like family participation in decision making, knowledge on health care, among others, and destructive processes, like informal labor and job instability, without spaces for recreation and with limitations in transportation, in access to health programs and in obtaining food. Conclusion. The health of the families has been determined by historical exclusion to work to obtain resources for a minimum vital subsistence, which is why they suffer social vulnerability due to few opportunities for development; they have lived a transformation process of the territory with resistance, solidarity, and construction of social networks.

Objective. To understand the health process, from the approach of the social determination of health in two neighborhoods in Medellín - Colombia, to contribute to the care of people, families, and collectives in their multidimensional reality. Methods. Qualitative research from the ethnographic perspective, approaching the general dimension with documentary analysis of social policies and community documents, the particular dimension through focal groups and interviews to community leaders, and the singular dimension with the family visit. Results. Families and collectives live within a sociocultural setting of resistance, overshadowed by moments of flight and displacement derived from violence, with scant participation in city plans and programs and with structural problems of economic and political exclusion. They constructed the territory as space and shelter in the weave that protects and violates them, with processes from uprooting to rooting. The families have maintained protective processes, like family participation in decision making, knowledge on health care, among others, and destructive processes, like informal labor and job instability, without spaces for recreation and with limitations in transportation, in access to health programs and in obtaining food. Conclusion. The health of the families has been determined by historical exclusion to work to obtain resources for a minimum vital subsistence, which is why they suffer social vulnerability due to few opportunities for development; they have lived a transformation process of the territory with resistance, solidarity, and construction of social networks.

Objetivo. Compreender o processo de saúde, a partir da abordagem da determinação social da saúde em dois bairros de Medellín, para contribuir com o cuidado de indivíduos, famílias e grupos em sua realidade multidimensional. Métodos. Pesquisa qualitativa na perspectiva etnográfica; abordou a dimensão geral com análise documental de políticas sociais e documentos comunitários, a dimensão particular por meio de grupos focais e entrevistas com lideranças comunitárias e a dimensão singular com a visita familiar. Resultados. Famílias e grupos vivem em um espaço sociocultural de resistência, matizado por momentos de fuga e deslocamento derivados da violência, com pouca participação nos planos e programas da cidade e com problemas estruturais de exclusão econômica e política. Construíram o território como espaço e refúgio na urdidura que os protege e os viola, com processos de desenraizamento ao enraizamento. As famílias têm mantido processos protetivos como a participação da família na tomada de decisões, o conhecimento dos cuidados de saúde, entre outros, e processos destrutivos como o trabalho informal e a precarização do emprego, sem espaços de lazer e com limitações no transporte, no acesso aos programas de saúde e na obtenção de alimentos. Conclusão. A saúde das famílias tem sido determinada pela exclusão histórica do trabalho para obtenção de recursos para um mínimo vital de subsistência, pelo qual sofrem vulnerabilidade social devido às escassas oportunidades de desenvolvimento; vivenciaram um processo de transformação do território com resistência, solidariedade e construção de redes sociais.

Territórios indígenas e determinação socioambiental da saúde: discutindo exposições por agrotóxicos / Indigenous territories and socio-environmental determination of health: discussing exposure by pesticides

RESUMO As etapas que envolvem a cadeia produtiva de commodities agrícolas produzem possibilidades diferenciadas de vulnerabilidade nas populações, afetando a situação de saúde dos povos indígenas. O uso de agrotóxicos é uma atividade intrínseca aos monocultivos. A exposição a essas substâncias gera desfechos negativos agudos e crônicos na saúde humana e contaminação no ambiente. De modo a contribuir com o debate no campo da Saúde Coletiva, o texto direciona as discussões ao estado de Mato Grosso, onde estão vários povos indígenas, enfrentando a produção de commodities e desfechos em saúde relacionados com os agrotóxicos. Para isso, recorremos à determinação socioambiental do processo saúde-doença, organizando uma matriz de indicadores que enfatizam as escolhas e as omissões do Estado nas questões ambientais, incorporando historicidade nos processos de adoecimento. Os impactos da cadeia de commodities agrícolas e as exposições por agrotóxicos em territórios indígenas são um problema intersetorial que se vincula a violação de direitos humanos, direito à terra, à saúde e à segurança alimentar e nutricional. As respostas devem ser consideradas em uma perspectiva articulada entre os setores econômico, político, ambiental e da saúde, com participação e decisão da população indígena nas etapas dos processos.

ABSTRACT The stages involving the agricultural supply chain produce different possibilities of vulnerability in populations, affecting the health situation of indigenous peoples. The use of pesticides is an activity intrinsic to monocultures. The exposure to these substances generates acute and chronic negative outcomes in human health and contamination in the environment. In order to contribute to the debate in Public Health, the text directs the discussions to the state of Mato Grosso, where are several indigenous peoples, facing the production of commodities and health outcomes associated to pesticides. For that, we resort to the socio-environmental determination of the health-disease process, organizing a matrix of indicators that emphasize the choices and omissions of the State in environmental issues, incorporating historicity in the processes of illness. The impacts of the agricultural commodities chain and exposures by pesticides in indigenous territories are an intersectoral problem that is linked to the violation of basic social rights, such as the right to land, health, and food and nutritional security. The responses must be considered in an articulated perspective between the economic, political, environmental, and health sectors, with participation and decision by the indigenous population in the stages of the processes.

A colonização do saber epidemiológico: uma leitura decolonial da contemporaneidade da pandemia de COVID-19 / The colonization of epidemiological knowledge: a decolonial reading of the contemporaneity of the COVID-19 pandemic

Resumo O ensaio epistemológico relaciona criticamente a epidemiologia com a pandemia de COVID-19 enquanto evento social. Explora-se a reflexão filosófica em que Agamben define contemporâneo como quem é capaz de se afastar e enxergar o lado escuro do seu tempo. À luz da crítica decolonial, questionam-se a ideia de "transição epidemiológica", com sua transcendência na teoria dos "determinantes sociais de saúde", e a disposição binarista das varáveis epidemiológicas, como suportes da estruturação quantitativa e biomédica da epidemiologia dos fatores de risco. A pretensão científica de domínio da natureza e o engendramento de um tempo histórico linear e evolutivo, que inicia com a modernidade ocidental, contextualizam os epistemicídios dos saberes populares e a colonização do saber epidemiológico. Historiciza-se a constituição do pensamento crítico decolonial e pontua-se seu potencial para a revelação do caráter estrutural da colonização do saber epidemiológico. Considera-se o futuro pós-pandemia e relacionam-se as ideias de bifurcação, originada de Ilya Prigogine e elaborada por Boaventura de Sousa Santos, e inédito viável, de Paulo Freire com a concepção do tempo como criação e a expectativa de transformação social.

Abstract This paper makes a critical assessment of epidemiology with the COVID-19 pandemic as a social event. It examines the philosophical reflection in which Agamben defines as contemporary those able to stand back to see the dark side of their own era. In the light of decolonial criticism, the concept of "epidemiological transition," with its theory of transcendence of "social determinants of health" and binarism of epidemiological variables as supports of the biomedical and quantitative structuring of the epidemiology of risk factors is queried. The scientific ambition to dominate nature and the engendering of a linear and evolutionary historical time, beginning in western modernity, contextualizes the epistemicides of popular wisdom and the coloniality of epidemiological knowledge. The theoretical constitution of decolonial thought is historically analyzed, highlighting its greater critical potential to reveal the structural colonization of epidemiological knowledge. The post-pandemic future is considered and Prigogine's idea of bifurcation - as elaborated by Sousa Santos - and Paulo Freire's untested feasibility are related with the concept of time as the creation and expectation of social transformation.