BARRIERS AND MOTIVATORS FOR LOW-INCOME BRAZILIAN WOMEN IN METROPOLITAN BELO HORIZONTE: INSIGHTS FOR AIDS PREVENTION

2003 ◽  
Vol 24 (6) ◽  
pp. 565-585
Author(s):  
Claudia Ladeira McCalman
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Aids Prevention ◽  
Belo Horizonte ◽  
Barriers And Motivators

scholarly journals Soup kitchen users' social representations of healthy eating associated with their household food security status

2016 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 229-240
Author(s):  
Isabel Cristina BENTO ◽  
Fernanda Martins SOBRINHO ◽  
Mery Natali Silva ABREU ◽  
Maria Flávia GAZZINELLI ◽  
Simone Cardoso Lisboa PEREIRA
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Healthy Eating ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Univariate Analysis ◽  
Social Representation ◽  
Household Food Security ◽  
Household Food ◽  
Food Security Status ◽  
Food And Nutrition ◽  
Belo Horizonte

Objective: To verify whether what users of soup kitchens in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil, think about a healthy diet and the challenges they face to eat healthy are associated with their household food security status. Methods: This cross-sectional study included 1,656 users of soup kitchens in Belo Horizonte. Socioeconomic and household food security data, and healthy-eating discourses were collected by a semi-structured questionnaire. The data were submitted to descriptive analyses for constructing frequency distribution tables, and to univariate analysis. Discourse analysis was based on the social representation theory. Results: To cut, reduce, avoid, not eat, eat less, and decrease carbohydrates, salt, meats, various beverages, and other foods are the most frequent changes (71.4%) that food-secure users have made or intend to make. Food-insecure users intended to eat more fruits, non-starchy vegetables, and other foods (34.4%). The main obstacles food-secure and food-insecure users face to adopt a healthier diet are lack of time (82.9%) and low income (53.5%), respectively (p<0.001). Conclusion: What users of soup kitchens in Belo Horizonte think about food and the obstacles they face to adopt a healthier diet are related to their household food security status. The results provide valuable data for effective proposals of food and nutrition education, which should act on the producers of subjectivity in this group and consider this group's food and nutrition security status.

scholarly journals O URBANISMO COMO ECONOMIA POLÍTICA DO/NO ESPAÇO: REFLEXÕES A PARTIR DO PROCESSO DE METROPOLIZAÇÃO DE BELO HORIZONTE

GEOgraphia ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (51) ◽  
Author(s):  
Thiago Andrade Santos
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Political Knowledge ◽  
Metropolitan Region ◽  
Production Of Space ◽  
Urban And Regional Planning ◽  
The Past ◽  
Northern Portion ◽  
Belo Horizonte ◽  
State Interventions

Este estudo discute o processo de produção do espaço de Belo Horizonte, tendo como fio condutor a análise da ação conjunta entre Estado e capital. Mostra-se, a partir do caso prático de Belo Horizonte, que, no processo de modernização e metropolização contemporâneos, a espoliação dos mais pobres continua a ocorrer. Nesse processo, o urbanismo, travestido de planejamento urbano e regional, planejamento estratégico etc., assume seu papel de saber político vinculado às necessidades do capital, organizando o espaço em função dos interesses deste último. A valorização do solo urbano acontece com o auxílio das intervenções do Estado via instrumentos de planejamento urbano previstos na própria legislação urbanística brasileira. Há a elevação do preço da terra e dos serviços, o que tende a dificultar o acesso dos trabalhadores de baixa renda, sendo a renda fundiária oriunda desses processos apropriada pelo capital rentista. Considerando as características da urbanização na porção norte da Região Metropolitana de Belo Horizonte no passado em comparação com o momento atual, verifica-se que, embora o capitalismo venha se trasformando ao longo do último século, se adaptando às suas crises, a sua essência permanece a mesma, bem como a essência da urbanização que produz. Observa-se como desdobramento direto uma nova rodada de gentrificação do espaço e do consequente processo de periferização por conta da ampliação da capitalização do solo urbano da metrópole.Palavras-chave: Urbanização; Produção do Espaço; Capital; Estado; Urbanismo. URBANISM LIKE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF THE/IN THE SPACE: REFLECTIONS BASED ON THE BELO HORIZONTE METROPOLIZATION PROCESS CASE Abstract: This study discusses the Belo Horizonte’s production of space process, having as a guideline the analysis of the association between government and capital. It is shown from the empirical case of Belo Horizonte that in the contemporary modernization and metropolization process the dispossession of the poorest continues. In this process, urbanism, disguised of urban and regional planning, strategic planning, etc., assumes its role of political knowledge linked to organize the space in function of the capital needs. The valorization of urban soil occurs with the aid of State interventions using urban planning instruments provided for in the Brazilian urban legislation itself. There is an increase in the price of land and services, which tends to hinder the access of low-income workers, and the land income from these processes is appropriated by rentier capital. Considering the characteristics of urbanization in the northern portion of the Metropolitan Region of Belo Horizonte in the past compared to the current moment, it appears that, although capitalism has been changing over the last century, adapting to its crises, its essence remains the same, as well as the essence of the urbanization it produces. A new round of gentrification of the space and the consequent process of periphery growth can be observed as a direct development due to the expansion of the capitalization of metropolis urban land.Keywords: Urbanization; Production of Space; Capital; State; Urbanism. EL URBANISMO COMO ECONOMÍA POLÍTICA DEL / EN EL ESPACIO: REFLEXIONES A PARTIR DEL PROCESO DE METROPOLIZACIÓN DE BELO HORIZONTE Resumen: Este estudio discute el proceso de producción del espacio de Belo Horizonte, teniendo como pauta el análisis de la acción conjunta entre Estado y capital. Se muestra, a partir del caso práctico de Belo Horizonte, que, en el proceso de modernización y metropolización contemporánea, se sigue produciendo el saqueo de los más pobres. En este proceso, el urbanismo, disfrazado de planificación urbana y regional, planificación estratégica, etc., asume su papel de conocimiento político vinculado a las necesidades del capital, organizando el espacio según los intereses de este último. La valorización del suelo urbano se da con la ayuda de intervenciones estatales mediante los instrumentos de planificación urbana previstos en la propia legislación urbana brasileña. Existe un aumento en el precio de la tierra y los servicios, lo que tiende a dificultar el acceso de los trabajadores de bajos ingresos, y los ingresos de la tierra de estos procesos son apropiados por el capital rentista. Considerando las características de la urbanización en la parte norte de la Región Metropolitana de Belo Horizonte en el pasado en comparación con el momento actual, parece que, aunque el capitalismo ha ido cambiando durante el último siglo, adaptándose a sus crisis, su esencia sigue siendo la misma, así como la esencia de la urbanización que produce. Una nueva ronda de gentrificación del espacio y el consecuente proceso de periferización puede verse como un desarrollo directo debido a la expansión de la capitalización del suelo urbano de la metrópoli.Palabras-clave: Urbanización; Producción espacial; Capital; Estado; Urbanismo.  

scholarly journals Economic impact of localized cutaneous leishmaniasis on adult patients of a referral service in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais State, Brazil

2020 ◽  
Vol 36 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Endi Lanza Galvão ◽  
Talia Santana Machado de Assis ◽  
Mariana Junqueira Pedras ◽  
Gláucia Fernandes Cota ◽  
Taynãna César Simões ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Economic Impact ◽  
Cutaneous Leishmaniasis ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Access To Health Care ◽  
Medical Costs ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Minas Gerais ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Referral Service ◽  
Belo Horizonte

Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is a disease associated with low-income populations. Thus, in assessing the burden of this disease, it is important to include its economic impact on individuals. We aimed to evaluate CL economic impact on patients treated at a referral service in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil. This is a cross-sectional study based on the analysis of interviews and medical records from which we assembled direct medical and non-medical costs related to CL, from a societal perspective. One hundred patients were included; 50% had a monthly per capita income of up to USD 259.60 and spent on average USD 187.32 with the disease, representing an average monthly impact of 22.5% (USD 133.80). The disease imposed direct medical costs, such as: private medical appointments, medications, medical exams, dressing material, and co-participation in health insurances. Direct non-medical costs were mainly related to patients’ transportation to health centers (USD 4,911.00), but also included medically-necessary care, food, and domestic and business outsourcing services. Although the Brazilian public health system guarantees access to health care, CL still represents a substantial economic impact for patients. The main action to reduce the expenses with this disease is decentralizing services for CL diagnosis and therapeutic approach, as well as increasing their efficiency.

scholarly journals Trends and Determinants of Attitudes Towards People Living with HIV/AIDS Among Women of Reproductive Age in Tajikistan

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hakim Zainiddinov
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Representative Sample ◽  
Aids Prevention ◽  
Reproductive Age ◽  
People Living With Hiv ◽  
Women Of Reproductive Age ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Prevention Methods ◽  
Living With Hiv ◽  
Hiv Aids

Introduction: Despite having one of lowest rates of newly diagnosed HIV infections among former Soviet countries, Tajikistan has a substantial level of discriminatory attitudes towards people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA). While initial attempts were made to explore discriminatory attitudes of a wide range of professionals, women’s general attitudes towards PLWHA received less scholarly attention. Employing a nationally representative sample from the 2000 and 2005 Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS), sociodemographic determinants of HIV-related discriminatory attitudes of women aged 15-49 in Tajikistan were identified and examined over time.Methods:  A representative sample included 5,453 women of reproductive age from the capital city and four regions of Tajikistan. Two dichotomized scenarios  representing the agreement to let an HIV-infected teacher continue teaching in school and the willingness to buy food from an HIV-infected cashier were constructed. Univariate and multivariable analyses of HIV-related discriminatory attitudes were obtained using Stata 14.Results: Insignificant but positive changes were observed in the women’s attitudes between 2000 and 2005. Logistic regression models showed that negative attitudes were associated with the lack of knowledge of HIV/AIDS prevention methods, endorsement of HIV/AIDS transmission misconceptions, and never having been tested for HIV (p≤0.001). Women living in the rural areas, married, with lower education, and from low income households were less tolerant towards PLWHA.Conclusions: The data from Tajikistan underscore the persistence of HIV-related discriminatory attitudes among low socioeconomic status women. The study findings can be potentially used to target the disadvantaged groups and guide the design and implementation of programs that promote voluntary HIV-testing, raise awareness about HIV/AIDS prevention methods, and help dispel transmission misconceptions.

scholarly journals Mulheres de meios populares e a construção de modos de participação nas culturas do escrito (Minas Gerais, Brasil, Século XX)

2013 ◽  
Vol 21 ◽  
pp. 72
Author(s):  
Ana Maria De Oliveira Galvão ◽  
Kelly Aparecida De Sousa Queiroz ◽  
Mônica Yumi Jinzenji
Keyword(s):  
Black Women ◽  
Cultural History ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Minas Gerais ◽  
Women's Participation ◽  
Belo Horizonte ◽  
Research Show

How do low-income women build, throughout their lives, ways to participate in written culture? What are the main instances that “sponsor” this participation? What kind of participation is built? This article aims to analyze the tactics through which low-income, uneducated black women, who were born in rural areas and today live in a slum in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil, built their participation in written culture during the mid-20th century. Oral history was used as methodological approach to interview 33 women. A survey of secondary data about their hometowns was also performed. The theoretical framework includes the works done in the fields of cultural history, sociology of reading, and orality and literacy. The results of the research show that family, school, the urban environment, and the participation in social movements were, in general, responsible for the women’s participation in written culture. The research also shows that they performed different ways of participation. Some women became literary readers, wrote poems and music, and developed very organized speeches. However, most of them experienced a distant relationship with the written world: they learned how to sign their names and developed tactics to live in a written-centered society, such as memorization and the help from people who know how to read and write.

scholarly journals Nutritional status of children of urban low-income communities, Brazil (1986)

1989 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 89-97 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Carmen Bisi Molina ◽  
Rainer Gross ◽  
Bernd Schell ◽  
Maria Antonia Cuelho Leão ◽  
Ulrike Strack ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nutritional Status ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Respiratory Infections ◽  
Important Determinant ◽  
Point Prevalence ◽  
High Morbidity ◽  
Z Score ◽  
Anthropometric Indices ◽  
Belo Horizonte ◽  
Nutritional Status Of Children

During the second half of 1986 the health and nutritional status of 254 children aged up to six years was studied, as well as the socio-economic situation of their parents in two favelas (shantytowns) in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. The nutritional status of the children was characterized by stunting (Z-score: 20.1% < -2) but not by wasting (Z-score: 3.7% < -2). Consideration was also given to how far stunting was caused by high morbidity such as acute respiratory infections (point prevalence: 38.5%), diarrheal diseases (point prevalence: 11.5%) and parasitosis (point prevalence: 70.3%). Furthermore, anemia (point prevalence: 29.7%) appeared as another health problem. The most important determinant of anthropometric indices turned out to be the mother's schooling. From the present data it can be hypothesized that the nutritional status of the children was limited less by the lack of food than by their poor health status.

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