Weaknesses of elderly people living near the Amazon Rivers: from methodological trajectories to challenges in public health

• Autor(a) principal: Nascimento, Rodolfo Gomes
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Outros Autores: Cardoso, Ronald Oliveira, Pinto, Denise da Silva, Magalhães, Celina Maria Colino
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Saúde e Pesquisa (Online)
• DOI: 10.17765/2176-9206.2019v12n2p367-375
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.unicesumar.edu.br/index.php/saudpesq/article/view/7196
• topic: Methods; empirical research; fragilized elderly people; Amazon; cultural characteristics.; Métodos; Pesquisa empírica; Idoso fragilizado; Amazônia; Características culturais.; FRAGILIDADE BIOLÓGICA E SAÚDE DE IDOSOS RIBEIRINHOS AMAZÔNICOS

Experiences lived during the research on the biological fragility and health conditions of elderly river people on the Amazon are described. Descriptive, qualitative and quantitative research in 19 islands in Cametá, Pará, Brazil, involved 108 elderly people and attained direct propositions on fragility markers, multidimensional health, and the subjective aspects on particulars within the historical and cultural context. Researchers´ trajectory was marked by strict methodology, foregrounded on the peculiar context of research ranging from the ecological insertion of the researchers, a key point for the materialization of the methodological design. It also took into account the period of data retrieval until the elaboration of proposals in public health, with special attention to care models in Amazon communities.