Abordagem da saúde da população negra nos cursos da área da Saúde

Abstract

The study of the Health of the Black Population is of great importance to identify and solve the issues that affect the health of this population, among them, racism, one of the main determinants on the health of the black population. The Health of the Black Population is not an area of knowledge prioritized in the current courses in the area of Health, although essential for the training of health professionals and for the black population itself. These absences and shortcomings may indicate the non-recognition of the health needs of the black population, impacting on inequalities in important indices. The purpose of this study is to determine the existence of content on Health of the Black Population in the undergraduate courses in the Health area of the Federal University of Uberlândia (UFU). For this research, there were analyzes of the disciplines, menus and teaching plans of the courses of the UFU health area. As results we obtained few findings of approach of the Health of the Black Population. However, we present possible potentialities from which this important theme can be approached in the disciplines of the health courses.