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1794/2012 - The Coping with functional disability in the elderly community of Bambuí: religious belief and disbelief in public health
O Enfrentamento da incapacidade funcional por idosos da comunidade de Bambuí: crença religiosa e descrença nos serviços públicos de saúde

Author:

• Wagner Jorge dos Santos - Santos WJ - Belo Horizonte, MG - Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou/FIOCRUZ - <wagnerjorge@cpqrr.fiocruz.br>

Co-author(s):

• Josiane Katherine Pereira - Pereira, J.K - Centro de Pesquisa René Rachou/ Fiocruz - <josikatherine@yahoo.com.br>
• Josélia de Oliveira Araújo Firmo - Firmo.JOA - Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou Fiocruz - <firmoj@cpqrr.fiocruz.br>
• KARLA CRISTINA GIACOMIN - Giacomin, K. C. - BELO HORIZONTE, MG - Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais - <kcgiacomin@hotmail.com>

Thematic Area:

Saúde do Idoso

Abstract:

The way people deal with the stress of life is known as the process of coping or confrontation. We speak of religious coping when a person uses religious beliefs and behaviors to facilitate problem solving, prevent or alleviate stressful negative emotional consequences, among which functional disability. The objective of this study was to investigate the role of religion as a coping strategy of disability among the elderly. We used a qualitative approach, consisting in an observational ethnographic study, whose sample included 57 elderly from Bambuí, Minas Gerais. The model of signs, meanings and actions was used in collecting and analyzing data. The religiosity of the elderly respondents suggested that their beliefs and religious traditions help explain and address the suffering experienced by them in the presence or imminence of functional disability. The religious coping reinforces fatalism present in the religious belief that mirrors the inevitability of old age with disability as a social code accepted and naturalized, but also helps to minimize the social responsibility for the care of the elderly and reveals the disbelief in existing public health services.

Keywords:

Religious Coping Elderly Disability Public Health Services

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Santos WJ, Pereira, J.K, Firmo.JOA, Giacomin, K. C.. The Coping with functional disability in the elderly community of Bambuí: religious belief and disbelief in public health. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2012/Oct). [Citado em 21/01/2025]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/the-coping-with-functional-disability-in-the-elderly-community-of-bambuiacute-religious-belief-and-disbelief-in-public-health/11405?id=11405



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