Caracterização socio-ambiental e epidemiológica das comunidades da área diretamente afetada pela usina hidrelétrica Serra do Facão - GO

Abstract

The construction of a hydroelectric plant causes many changes in the environment, which may contribute to proliferation or migration of animals harmful to man around the homes that can affect the process of adoencimento people. The changes in the fauna of wild vertebrates (potential intermediate hosts) and invertebrate (vector) migrates to other locations and may bring closer to human settlements that actors can complement epidemiological cycles previously not disclosed. Given this context, this research aimed at understanding the socio-epidemiological and environmental communities in the area directly affected by the Hydroelectric Facão Serra, State of Goiás, to programs of epidemiological vigilance. The plant is located in southeast Goiás and the reservoir flooded lands of the municipalities of Catalão Goiás (72.8%), Campo Alegre de Goiás (22.4%), Cristalina (0.6%), Davinópolis, (0.4 %) and Ipameri (0.1%) and Minas Gerais, in Paracatu (3.7%), which together represent a total population of 341,237 inhabitants. Geoepidemiologic to profile the population was selected five communities Anta Gorda, Fazenda Paulista, Varão, Rancharia and Soledade in the area directly affected by HP Serra Facão. The socio-economic and cultural communities were obtained from the form of the SIAB, in the second is visiting the properties of the selected communities and held up the investigation geoepidemiológico to collect and identify aspects of the communities, which were not found public agencies in health officials as insects, diseases that affect families, drugs used. It was possible to verify that households in peri-conducive environment as there are several sties, debris that present favorable conditions for shelter and food for insects and poisonous or venomous animals, hypertension is a disease that affects more people in these communities, which corroborates use of antihypertensive drugs such as medication use still used, the families always have a home remedy, usually made of herbs planted in gardens or native plants of the Savana.