Abstract
Social inequality has been the subject of several studies seeking the understanding of how to mitigate this issue in the construction of fairer societies. The COVID-19 pandemic aggravated the poverty and violence situations experienced by right-deprived population groups. The complexity of this issue requires the setting of interdisciplinary research fronts. From this perspective, studies on affectivity in social-historical psychology reinforced the role of subjectivity in studies regarding dialectical processes of social inclusion and exclusion. The goal of this dossier is to investigate potential interpretations on the connection between health and society, aiming at building subsidies for the implementation of public policies. Since 2012, participatory research studies considering the practices of Primary Health Care as triggers associated with the health-disease-care process have been conducted in the vulnerable territory of Cubatão, State of São Paulo, Brazil. Depth hermeneutics was the main reference for analysis, which ties up with qualitative epistemology. The papers presented here display a wealth of experiences and considerations: care in a territory of social and intersectional exclusion; social participation of community leaders in this context; experiences with violence in a vulnerable territory.
Keywords:
Social inequality; Affectivity; Primary Health Care; COVID-19; Hermeneutics