Avaliação das condições do saneamento na Comunidade remanescente de Quilombo Bom Jardim, Santarém - Pará

Abstract

The presente stud ha as min objetive too evolua-te lhe sanitários conditos in lhe quilombola comunista desligado Bom Jardim, in lhe municipalista desligado Santarém-Pará. The qualitative-quantitative research was applied in 20 households in the community of Bom Jardim, the main research instrument was a questionnaire containing 38 questions with multiple choice options. The sanitation components (water supply, sanitary sewage, solid waste management) and the residents' perception of the sanitation conditions were evaluated, and the housing conditions in the community were evaluated. The study found that 35% of households have external walls of uncoated masonry, 100% of the households have access to piped water from a micro water supply system, and 60% of the population use the septic tank system and sink for the disposal of waste, with regard to solid waste, it was observed that the community does not have solid waste collection, in 100% of the households the household waste is burned. Concerning residents' perception of sanitation conditions, it was verified that 100% of the interviewees acknowledge the existence of the relationship between sanitation and health, demonstrating that every universe surveyed believes that sanitation conditions reflect on health. It was concluded that the sanitation condition of the Bom Jardim community is similar to other quilombola communities in Brazil, indicating the need for improvements in water supply, sanitary sewage and solid waste management, with the latter component presenting the worst conditions in the community studied.