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0028/2015 - Velhice, incapacidade e cuidado na saúde pública
Velhice, incapacidade e cuidado na saúde pública

Author:

• KARLA CRISTINA GIACOMIN - Giacomin, K. C. - BELO HORIZONTE, MG - Secretaria Municipal de Saúde de Belo Horizonte (SMSA-PBH) - <kcgiacomin@hotmail.com>

Co-author(s):

• Josélia Oliveira Araújo Firmo - Josélia Oliveira Araújo Firmo - Belo Horizonte, - NESPE - Núcleo de Estudos em Saúde Pública e Envelhecimento - FIOCRUZ/UFMG - <firmoj@minas.fiocruz.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5330-476X

Thematic Area:

Saúde do Idoso

Abstract:

Population aging deeply modifies the scope of public health activities, changes the morbidity and mortality profile and increases the demand for chronic care. In the elderly population, disability serves as a health indicator and beacon of actions and policies. This qualitative research based on interpretative anthropology and emic perspective aims is to understand the way of thinking and acting of the elderly in the face of "old age with disability" and its relationship to public health. Individual interviews were held at home with semi-structured along the 57 elderly residents in the city, including participants of the Bambuí cohort. The methodology Signs, Meanings and Actions guided the data collection and analysis enabling the anthropological investigation of the representations and concrete behaviors associated with disability in old age in the local culture. Two categories emerged from the analysis of the relations between old age, disability and care in public health: care experiences in old age with disabilities; the fear of lack of care. The results indicate that the public health need to review their concepts of disability in old age and incorporate the functional dimension of health care and old age with disability in the agenda.

Keywords:

Incapacidade Idoso Saúde Coletiva Pesquisa Qualitativa Cuidado

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Giacomin, K. C., Josélia Oliveira Araújo Firmo. Velhice, incapacidade e cuidado na saúde pública. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2015/Apr). [Citado em 17/04/2025]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/velhice-incapacidade-e-cuidado-na-sauacutede-puacuteblica/15093?id=15093



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