Condições de vida e hábitos culturais em saúde em comunidade tradicional do Baixo Amazonas: o caso do quilombo/mocambo Muratubinha
Abstract
This dissertation focuses on the way of life and cultural habits with regards to the
population in Amazonian region, highlighting a Remnant Community of Quilombos
(Black) Muratubinha, in western of Pará, characterized by its environmental diversity,
socio-cultural complexities and geographical conditions. The scientific question that
guided the research is: do daily social practices and cultural health habits influence the
quality of life of the quilombo community residents in the Amazon region? The research
aimed to investigate the living social conditions and cultural practices of quilombos with
health disease process, showing or not points that link the cultures of the investigated
community residents, the environment in which they live and how the collective health
is promoted by and among the population, in addition to the associated aspects that
interfere with the health and resources used by quilombos, in a preventive and curative
manner. The qualitative approach research with ethnographic method elements
focused on a community of remnants of quilombos, Muratubinha, characterized as
lowland, in Óbidos-PA. Through a questionnaire application with semi-structured
interviews with key-narrators and participant observation, transcription and analysis of
information, the results were validated, enabling a scientific and citizenship positioning
of living and health conditions of community, identifying and empowering the quilombo
culture in the maintenance of its identity and knowledge.
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