Quality of life of women from a quilombola community in northeastern Brazil

Abstract

Quilombola communities are present in many Brazilian states living in precarious health conditions. This is due to geographic isolation, limitations to the access of the area in which they live in, and the lack of quality in the service when it is needed to be provided. Therefore, the aim of this study was to analyze the quality of life of women from a quilombola community in northeastern Brazil. It is an observational, cross-sectional and descriptive study. 160 adult women were first interviewed through a form to collect a profile and then it was applied the WHOQOL Quality of Life questionnaire – bref. It was observed that the women were on average 40.7 years old (±17.25), married, self-declared black, who did not finish elementary school, housewife, had no income, with their own masonry house, with up to 6 rooms, supplied by a box of community treated water. Quality of Life had median scores in the domains: physical (3.18), psychological (3.4), social relationships (3.45) and environment (2.59). With this research, it was possible to characterize the quilombola community of Santa Luzia do Norte-AL regarding the difficulties of access to health and income generation, issues that affect their health condition. The problems described in this study can contribute to health actions being planned and carried out in order to improve socioeconomic and health conditions in this community, considering the social, political and environmental context, valuing their traditional knowledge and practices.

The Intersectionality Of Quilombola Woman And Her Needs Of Care: Evidence Of Scientific Literature

“…The Intersectionality Of Quilombola Woman And Her Needs Of Care: Evidence Of Scientific Literature far from the workplace, in precarious conditions; and many abandon the family Souza, 2017;Bezerra et al, 2014;Durand, 2019;Prates et al, 2018;Santos et al, 2021).…”

“…Quilombola women experience social inequities and adverse dimensions of access, which are seen as challenges to be faced in health care, linked to the different SSD, including the absence of a local health service to fully serve all residents and the difficulty of access to public health services, both for the distance and the lack of financial resources to pay for transportation to the health unit. Some studies have identified that this lack of resources increases the difficulty of access to care in the basic health units of the city, due to the fact that they are not residents of that coverage area, or by the flow of care established (Prates, 2015;Prates et al 2018b;Gomes et al, 2013;Durand, Heidemann, 2019;Durand, Heidemann, 2020;Roque, 2020;Santos et al, 2021;Nascimento, Arante, Carvalho, 2022).…”

“…Thus, such inequalities are major obstacles to access to health promotion and prevention actions for black women, which has impacted on living conditions and the disease process (Prestes & Paiva, 2016;Werneck, 2016;Paranhos, 2016;Souza, Silva & Costa, 2019;Fernandes, Galindo & Valencia, 2020;Santos et al, 2021;Birth, Arantes, Oak, 2022).…”

Estudos Avançados Interdisciplinares Volume 15

“…Os resultados evidenciam, ainda, como o vínculo das mulheres com o cuidado parte de uma dimensão afetiva, visto que é demonstrada muita responsabilidade sobre si e sobre o outro, mesmo que não haja parentesco. Apesar do destaque, a percepção majoritária das mulheres quilombolas sobre sua própria saúde é regular ou ruim(SANTOS et al, 2022).O CUIDADO DA COMUNIDADE QUILOMBOLA NA ATENÇÃO BÁSICA: UM RESUMO SINTÉTICO ESTUDOS AVANÇADOS INTERDISCIPLINARES VOL. 15 100…”