“…Such infections may also occur in the domestic environment, where sanitary education, notions of hygiene, and cultural aspects are relevant to the elimination of these diseases. 14 A study investigating the prevalence of intestinal parasitoses among the population of São José da Bela Vista, state of São Paulo, showed that, of 1,032 stool tests, 44.4% had positive outcomes, and that these were associated with low family income and large family size, precarious personal and household hygiene conditions, and poor knowledge concerning the prevention protozoan and helminthic diseases. 16 Hence, population knowledge is one of the factors which may lead to a reduction of the prevalence of intestinal parasitic diseases.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The resolution of this problem has been prevented by the high costs involved in improving basic sanitation, as well as by the lack of educational programs capable of achieving community mobilization, which is fundamental for changing habits and beliefs that contribute to the mechanisms of disease transmission, and often play a role in social underdevelopment. 5,6,10,14,16 The present work was aimed at verifying domestic sewage contamination in a river and two of its affluent streams, evaluating basic sanitation conditions, and…”
“…Such infections may also occur in the domestic environment, where sanitary education, notions of hygiene, and cultural aspects are relevant to the elimination of these diseases. 14 A study investigating the prevalence of intestinal parasitoses among the population of São José da Bela Vista, state of São Paulo, showed that, of 1,032 stool tests, 44.4% had positive outcomes, and that these were associated with low family income and large family size, precarious personal and household hygiene conditions, and poor knowledge concerning the prevention protozoan and helminthic diseases. 16 Hence, population knowledge is one of the factors which may lead to a reduction of the prevalence of intestinal parasitic diseases.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The resolution of this problem has been prevented by the high costs involved in improving basic sanitation, as well as by the lack of educational programs capable of achieving community mobilization, which is fundamental for changing habits and beliefs that contribute to the mechanisms of disease transmission, and often play a role in social underdevelopment. 5,6,10,14,16 The present work was aimed at verifying domestic sewage contamination in a river and two of its affluent streams, evaluating basic sanitation conditions, and…”
“…An analysis of this issue thus requires focusing attention on health and environmental sector policies as tools for building and consolidating a fair, healthy, and sustainable society. This concern has also oriented the trend towards practices in sanitation that extend beyond the traditional concept to incorporate environmental aspects (from both the physical and biotic environment) into the population's health concerns 29 . Table 1 shows the data for 2013, disaggregated by planning and administrative areas in the city of Rio de Janeiro (some neighborhoods were left out to adjust to the size of the article), according to the percentage of cases in the local population.…”
Section: Olympic Urban Planning In Rio De Janeiromentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Thus, in keeping with the model proposed by Soares et al 29 , it is necessary to probe into Rio de Janeiro's urban planning for a medium and long- term analysis of the impacts of urban interventions on health and include the entire population in this process (which thus far has been segregating and exclusionary.…”
Section: Health and Environment And The Olympic Games Cyclementioning
The aim of this study is to discuss the contradictions of the Olympic Games legacy for health and environment in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Public policies for sports mega-events have been criticized for contributing to and deepening the city’s historical socio-spatial inequalities. Based on document research and data analysis, the article focused on establishing a proposal for a sustainable city, as provided in Law 10,257/2001, the so-called City’s Statute. The article concludes with remarks on Olympic urban planning, its market orientation, and failures to overcome public health and environmental sanitation problems that will persist as a legacy after 2016.
“…As propostas recentes de gestão pública da qualidade dos recursos hídricos 5 reconhecem as evidências científicas de que o comportamento de risco individual em relação ao uso de águas contaminadas é influenciado por restrições socioeconômicas, viés otimista na percepção sobre risco de contaminação 6,7 e baixa efetividade da divulgação puramente quantitativa de estatísti-cas epidemiológicas na promoção de comportamento preventivo 8,9 .…”
A forte relação das pessoas com o Rio Doce, bem como suas enchentes regulares, representam fator contínuo de exposição ao risco de doenças hídricas. Dada sua relevância epidemiológica, este estudo analisa a associação entre percepção de contaminação e uso do rio, bem como os mecanismos heurísticos empregados na formação da percepção de risco. Utilizou-se um modelo probit ordenado com variável instrumental e análise de redes temáticas aplicados a uma base de dados primária de 352 domicílios, representativa dos moradores de Tumiritinga, Minas Gerais, Brasil, para o ano de 2012. Os resultados indicam que embora a maioria (92,6%) dos moradores de Tumiritinga perceba o risco de contrair algum tipo de doença quando nada no Rio Doce, somente 11,4% informam não entrar na água. A análise de conteúdo sugere que esse paradoxo advém da falta de compreensão populacional sobre os mecanismos de transmissão de doenças hídricas, criando viés otimista sobre as chances de contaminação. Campanhas para promoção de comportamento preventivo devem, portanto, enfatizar as formas de contrair doenças hídricas na região.
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