Social vulnerability experienced by collectors of recyclable materials has a strong influence on their understanding and confrontations health. This research aimed to explore the relationship between oral health and perception of subjects in a context of social disadvantage, in order to support concrete alternatives for action on (oral) health conference. This was a qualitative study carried out with representatives of an autonomous community of Brazilian collectors of recyclable materials. Data were collected through interviews and focus group treated with the technique of qualitative analysis. Respondents showed perceptions of etiology and care practices on oral health promoted beliefs and values collectively instituted in a social risk territory. Also, they associate the quality of their oral health and their difficulty of public access to the context of social vulnerability. This study suggests the adoption of protective, educational and interceptive in oral health practice in order to improve and enable the oral health status of this population.
ResumoIntrodução: O aumento da população encarcerada é um fenômeno que vem sistematicamente sofrendo incremento no mundo todo, levando a superlotação dos presídios, a qual tem consequência direta nas condições de saúde destes indivíduos. Objetivo: Explorar a relação entre saúde bucal, trajetória de vida e percepção de sujeitos em contexto de vulnerabilidade. Material e método: Trata-se de um estudo qualitativo desenvolvido junto a encarcerados de uma Penitenciária Estadual. Para obtenção e tratamento dos dados utilizou-se entrevista individual e técnica da Análise de Conteúdo Temática. Resultado: Os entrevistados apresentaram uma percepção limitada do processo saúde e doença bucal, fomentada por experiências de familiares e de conhecimento adquirido na rua ou na mídia. A trajetória de vida em cárcere pareceu pouco influenciar neste entendimento. No entanto, a vivência no cárcere influenciou na condição bucal dos encarcerados através da facilitação do acesso ao serviço odontológico e a materiais de higiene bucal e melhoria em seus conhecimentos e hábitos de saúde. As referências de saúde bucal expostas mostraram-se, em geral, consonantes com o chamado senso comum e com estudos desenvolvidos em populações socialmente similares. Conclusão: Desta forma, considerando-se as limitações impostas pela forma da coleta dados, sob um contexto de cárcere e vulnerabilidade, sugere-se uma influência não prejudicial da condição estudada sobre a saúde bucal dos encarcerados.Descritores: Vulnerabilidade social; saúde bucal; estilo de vida. AbstractIntroduction: The increase in prison populations is a phenomenon which is systematically rising throughout the world, leading to overcrowding of prisons, which has direct consequences on the health conditions of the individuals. Objective: To explore the relationship among oral health, the life path and the perception of subjects in a vulnerability context. Material and method: This is a qualitative study, developed with inmates in a State Penitentiary. To obtain and process the data, individual interviews and the Thematic Content Analysis technique were used. Result: The interviewees showed limited perception of the process of oral health and disease fostered by the experiences of relatives and by knowledge acquired in the street or from the media. The life path in prison seemed to have little influence on this understanding. However, the prison experience influenced the oral condition of the inmates by facilitating access to dental service, oral hygiene materials and the improvement in their health knowledge and habits. The oral health results presented were, generally, in agreement with so-called common sense and with studies developed in socially similar populations. Conclusion: Thus, considering the limitations imposed by the way data were collected, in prison and in a vulnerability context; a non-harmful influence on the condition studied regarding the oral health of inmates is suggested.
RESUMO:O projeto extensionista "Nós na rede: contribuições da Odontologia para educação, prevenção e manutenção da saúde" visa o acolhimento das demandas educativas, preventivas e curativas em saúde bucal da comunidade acadêmica da Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa, bem como à prevenção e à educação em saúde bucal coletiva destinada à comunidade externa em geral. O objetivo deste trabalho é expor os resultados de seu primeiro ano de implantação. As informações coletadas mostraram uma forte interação entre universidade e comunidade externa, por meio do desenvolvimento de parcerias institucionais (n=8), e também o acolhimento de necessidades em saúde bucal da comunidade acadêmica (n=60). Conclui-se que o presente projeto consiste em uma atividade extensionista eficiente e resolutiva, capaz de provocar rica experiência para todos os envolvidos. PALAVRAS-CHAVE:Extensão comunitária. Saúde bucal. Educação em saúde. "Nós na Rede": first developments of the extension project on Odontology ABSTRACT:The extension project "Nós na rede: contributions of Odontology to dental education, prevention and health maintenance" aims to meet the oral health educational, preventive and curative demands of the academic community of the State University of Ponta Grossa (State of Paraná, Brazil). It also aims to cope with oral health prevention and education actions for the general external community. This work aims to present the results of its first year of implementation. The information collected showed a strong interaction between the university and the external community, through the development of institutional partnerships (n = 8), and also the meet of oral health needs of the academic community (n = 60). It was concluded that this project is an efficient and resolute extension activity, and also capable of providing valuable experiences for those who are involved in it.
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