O cuidar de si da mulher quilombola frente aos determinantes sociais em saúde presentes em seu território

Abstract

The objective of this study is to unveil the care of the quilombola woman against the social determinants of health present in her territory. Such research is qualitative in nature, having as a theoretical and methodological contribute on Paulo Freire´s Research Itinerary and Martin Heidegger´s existential phenomenology and carried out in a Zona da Mata Mineira municipality. Included in this study were women residents of the quilombola community who participate in the local women's directory. Paulo Freire`s itinerary happened in a meeting in the format of the Circles of Culture, the phenomenological meetings were guided by the use of an open interview. From the analysis of these testimonies, the essential structures consisted of four Units of Significance. The vague and average understanding of meanings allowed the construction of the guiding thread, which led to Hermeneutics. The care of the quilombola woman against the social determinants of health present in her territory were unveiled by externalizing the application of the popular and ancestral knowledge they possess, based on the historical recovery of past practices present in the community itself, such as, for example, practices of blessing and the use of her balteas and herbs planted and harvested in their backyards. Therefore, it was possible to conclude that such a practice of caring constitutes the rescue of her past and of her ancestry, in a constant search of finding the forces to continue existing in front of a territory permeated by social disputes and power expressed in the form of economic, social and cultural conflicts. It is recommended that vocational training be able to incorporate studies about traditional and primitive populations, offering the opportunity for the graduates to develop a more democratic, just and plural care.