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1937/2013 - Tobacco Cultivation in Southern Brazil: Green Tobacco Sickness and Other Health Problems
Cultivo do tabaco no sul do Brasil: doença da folha verde e outros agravos à saúde

Author:

• Deise Lisboa Riquinho - Riquinho, D. L. - Porto Alegre, RS - UFCSPA - <deise.riquinho@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6604-8985

Co-author(s):

• Élida Azevedo Hennington - Hennington,E.A. - Rio de Janeiro, - ENSP/Ipec/Fiocruz - <elida.hennington@ensp.fiocruz.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5280-8827

Thematic Area:

Saúde e Trabalho

Abstract:

The aim of this study was to identify the presence of health problems and their meanings for tobacco harvesters, State representatives, the civil society and the tobacco industry, and also understand their coping strategies. An ethnographic study with 35 semi-structured interviews answered by harvesters’ families and key informants was carried out in a rural community in the state of Rio Grande do Sul. Besides that, it was performed participant observation of the families. The harvesters and representatives of the civil society recognize the presence of the green tobacco sickness and other problems. Representatives of healthcare organizations do not identify or recognize the sickness as a result of the productive activity. Tobacco industry representatives recognize there are health problems, but blame the harvesters. It is concluded that there is a need of a closer approach, monitoring and intervention by Public Authorities, which may give more attention to workers’ health.

Keywords:

Rural Health Tobacco Public Health Qualitative Research Anthropology

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Riquinho, D. L., Hennington,E.A.. Tobacco Cultivation in Southern Brazil: Green Tobacco Sickness and Other Health Problems. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2014/Mar). [Citado em 21/01/2025]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/tobacco-cultivation-in-southern-brazil-green-tobacco-sickness-and-other-health-problems/14962?id=14962



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