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"Being born in a certain place conditions you". Health, right to the city, crisis and participation in a relocated neighborhood.

Authors :
Bernat MS
Source :
Ciencia & saude coletiva [Cien Saude Colet] 2019 Dec; Vol. 24 (12), pp. 4569-4578. Date of Electronic Publication: 2019 Sep 27.
Publication Year :
2019

Abstract

The present paper analyzes, in the context of a settlements' relocation, the participation and tactics developed by the Barrio Nuevo inhabitants and doctors of a Health Centre in La Plata (Argentina), to face the crisis that is taking place in the country from the application of austerity policies. Our assumption is that community participation and in health issues (understood in a holistic sense) makes it possible to identify and intervene in social conditions, such as the right to the city, to produce changes in the health situation of the territory. For this, we will investigate the crisis, the current public policies and the modes of participation. Specifically, we will develop the experience of a Health Situation Analysis (ASIS) held in the territory and we will analyze the relationship between the right to health and the right to the city.The methodology used is ethnography. We carried out participant observations, in-depth interviews, a health workshop and participated in the ASIS.We conclude that there is a dialectical relationship between the right to the city and to health and this is a collective construction. All community participation strengthens health interventions. This is essential in crisis contexts to fight for violated rights.

Details

Language :
Spanish; Castilian; English
ISSN :
1678-4561
Volume :
24
Issue :
12
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
Ciencia & saude coletiva
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
31778506
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1590/1413-812320182412.25162019