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01/10/2013
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With the objective of understanding the beliefs , attitudes , practices and perceptions of women farmers about the risks to health and environment from the process of tobacco cultivation and social vulnerability in relation to that economic activity , the Center for the Study of Tobacco and health ( Cetab ) National School of Public Health ( ENSP / Fiocruz ) developed research Beliefs , attitudes and practices of women farmers in tobacco Palm - Paraná . The study highlighted the complexity of the problems caused by the inter - relationships between work , health and environment in the context of tobacco farming . The results of the research show aspects such as high workload process of growing tobacco, the health hazards resulting from tobacco farming , the violation of human rights , among others , as problems arising from the inter - relationship between work , health and environment .
The results of the research show aspects such as high workload process of tobacco cultivation , health problems resulting from tobacco farming and absence of mechanisms that enable the future generations of residence in the country and prevent the rural exodus
Inserted into the search line Health , work and social and environmental aspects in the production of tobacco, Cetab , the research was carried out in Palmeira ( PR ) . The choice of the region was due to the predominance of the family farm model with significant smoke production . The Palmeira was the largest producer leaves the state in 2011 . Other factors contributing to the choice of the region were the social mobilization of rural workers and the political will expressed by the local government to meet and address the problems related to tobacco farming .
For Marcelo Moreno , Cetab researcher who presented the research at a major seminar in Palmeira , EM19 September , directed to the population , the Union of Rural Workers of the municipality and the municipal and state level, " women's involvement in tobacco growing in all its stages is a source of information relevant to the knowledge of the health consequences of family, social and environmental impacts of this crop and obtaining answers to specific damage confront this production . "
The research involved a group of 71 women farmers smoke and community leaders . According to Marcelo Moreno , six groups were formed in order to understand the subjective understanding of women producing smoke about their daily routine . Data were analyzed from the development of categories that describe and explain social phenomena related to the theme and the participant group . The study highlighted the complexity of the problems caused by the inter - relationships between work , health and environment in the context of tobacco farming . The results of the research show aspects such as high workload process of tobacco cultivation , health problems resulting from tobacco farming , the absence of mechanisms that enable the future generations of residence in the country and prevent the rural exodus , the likely human rights violations , mainly due to unfair working conditions , as some of the problems arising from the inter - relationship between work , health and environment .
According to Moreno , the limitations in the properties area for the cultivation of other products or promote other labor activities associated with lack of guaranteed market for their disposal and the hegemonic presence of the tobacco industry , demonstrating a clear imbalance of power in the production process and labor relations and income to the farmer , were also identified as problems triad work - health - environment. " Based on the results , it was possible to highlight the need for an integrated approach and singularized to face the problems of tobacco planter , articulating the diverse knowledge and experiences , especially workers , and different sectors ( such as health , environment, employment and income , agriculture , among others ) by proposing policies and the strengthening of public actions aimed at promoting and health care in this specific population , "noted Brown .
The research Beliefs , attitudes and practices of women farmers in tobacco Palm - Paraná was approved by the Ethics Committee in Research of National School , funded by the Coordination of Social Cooperation Fiocruz and supported by the City of Palm , the State Department of Health of Paraná and the Department of Socioeconomic Studies and Rural Workers Unions Rural Palmeira ( Deser ) .
Tobacco farmers pour their problems
During the seminar in Palm , the coordinator of Cetab , Vera Luiza da Costa e Silva , made a presentation on the myths and truths of the tobacco control treaty after the opening session of the event . The presentation of the survey results was made by the researcher Marcelo Moreno . Then there was the testimony of two farmers and a community health agent in the survey . The seminar was ended with a round table " Possible actions and policies to improve the health conditions of workers tobacco growers Palm " , which was attended by the coordinator of Cetab , Vera Luiza .
Among the referrals of the roundtable , the Municipal Health Palmeira is committed to structuring the network of health care workers for the tobacco cultivation according to their peculiarities, such as pesticide poisoning and disease of green tobacco . It was also pointed out the necessity of developing actions to diversify the tobacco crop . The seminar was held jointly by Cetab Prefecture, Palm and Rural Workers Union of Palm . Finally , Moreno commented that Cetab was invited by the National Commission for the implementation of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control ( CONICQ ) to present the results of this research at the Meeting of the International Working Group on Articles 17 and 18 of the Framework Convention Tobacco Control , to be held in Pelotas ( RS ) , between September 30 and October 3 .
In addition to the presentation at the seminar in Palmeira , research Beliefs , attitudes and practices of women farmers in tobacco Palm was presented at the Dialogues on Social Technologies , sponsored by the Coordination of Social Cooperation on campus Fiocruz , in the Atlantic , also on 19 September. The research was funded under the project Support to the Development of Social Technologies in Health
Source : Agency FioCruz
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