In the absence of an address, where does health live? Social determinants and occupation populations

ABSTRACT

Qualitative research in which the objective was to analyze the influence of the Social Determinants of Health on the health-disease process of the population living in the urban slum/occupation area of Campinas, focusing on access to health services, housing (housing, water, and sewage conditions) and work (employment and income). Semi-structured interviews with residents and secondary data from a community census prepared by local leaders were used to trace the sociodemographic profile of the population under study. The results found indicate regional inequalities revealed in the occupation, where the condition of poverty, misery, violence, unemployment, and lack of access to basic citizenship rights determine the worsening of the health conditions of its residents. Knowing and understanding how Social Determinants of Health work in the health-disease process of the population can contribute so that governments, health professionals, and other social actors, including public universities, can intervene, mainly with public policies that seek to reduce the impact of these factors and promote the improvement of living conditions and health of these populations, living in social invisibility, subject to prejudice and discrimination of various kinds by society in general.

KEYWORDS
Social Determinants of Health; Health-disease process; Public health; Occupied territory; Family Health Strategy