“vamos meio que desbravando no meio da mata” - Política de saúde para povos ribeirinhos: análise da agrovila Santo Antônio da Maloca no município de Barreirinha-AM

Abstract

According to the 1988 Federal Constitution, health is a right for all and a duty of the State. However, when analyzing this policy in certain Amazonian locations, constant challenges are noted. Despite advances in regional particularities, in the formulation of strategies, programs and actions aimed at the peoples of the forest and the waters, challenges remain. Most of them are due to geographic issues and the region's own seasonality. Given this scenario, this study aimed to uncover the main challenges faced by Amazonian riverside dwellers in accessing health policy goods and services, taking as a reference the Santo Antônio da Maloca community in the rural area of the municipality of Barreirinha/AM. The specific objectives were: 1) to characterize the profile of residents living in the Santo Antônio da Maloca community in the rural area of the municipality of Barreirinha/AM; 2) to analyze the health infrastructure available to the population and the means/channels of access to these services; 3) to reveal the vision and knowledge of the local population about the health goods, services and programs implemented in the municipality. This is a qualitative research, with an exploratory character, which according to the author Gonçalves (2001), is concerned with the interpretation of the phenomenon, considering the meaning that the subjects give to their practices. In this sense, a set of techniques and instruments were adopted with a view to achieving the proposed objective. The privileged locus is the Santo Antônio da Maloca Community, located in the rural area of the municipality of Barreirinha in the state of Amazonas. This is a qualitative research, with an exploratory character, which according to the author Gonçalves (2001), is concerned with the interpretation of the phenomenon, considering the meaning that the subjects give to their practices. In this sense, a set of techniques and instruments were adopted with a view to achieving the proposed objective. The privileged locus is the Santo Antônio da Maloca Community, located in the rural area of the municipality of Barreirinha in the state of Amazonas.