Análise das condições de vida e saúde da população das comunidades Amescla e Água Doce - APA do rio Pandeiros / Norte de Minas Gerais

Abstract

The history of humanity is made up of bonds between man and the natural environment, these are the result of constant use of natural resources by human beings. Inequality arose at the time that nature began to be conceived as a natural product and the man began to be treated as a do main object by his equals. Currently, it has been observed anecological concern that aims to balance the dilemma: economic grow than denvironmental preservation. One ofth estrategies chosen by the State in pursuit ofen vironmental conservation is the implementation of Conservation Units. The implementation of these unit simplies territorial reformulation with evidence in environ mental preservation, health and conflicts generated dueto changes in power dynamics and man-environment relation ship. Faced with this perspective, it has become necessary to analyze the living conditions and health of the population of the rural communities Amescla and Água Doce, located in Pandeiros River Environmental Protection Area (APA), in the territorial portion of the municipality of Bonito de Minas-MG. To develop the study, a survey of exploratory nature was made, aiming to explain and analyze quantitative and qualitative data of some variables, such as age, sex, income, education, Access to health/sanitation and food habits. It was necessary to draw a historical perspective of the creation of the APA, discussing issues related to theterritory, identifying the agents and relating them to the dynamics of environmental preservation and production of space. It was made an approach regarding the socioeconomic aspects of the resident sand the influence of the sea spectson the food habits of the population. Through data collection, as per capita family in comeand number of meals per family,it became clearth at poverty and famine are present in the daily lives of some residents. It was investigated how the creation of the APA influenced the practice of subsistence agriculture and the locals relationship with swamp environment. It is note worthy that the iniquities streng the ned in the territory maybe directly related to the health-disease process. The research is presented with relevance because of its approach to subjects of tem neglected as the inefficiency of government management, poverty, famine and lack of basic sanitation. Dueto low family income, criminalization of subsistence agriculture, illiteracy and little notion of personal and environmental hygiene, it has been found in both of the studied communities poor living and health conditions, where extreme poverty and lack of access to basic sanitation are present in the daily life oft he population. Only post-normal science, with a new epistemological basis, based on interdisciplinarity, will be able to face the complexity of the current socio-economic relation sand the ecological crisis.