Saúde do trabalhador e saúde ambiental : articulando universidade, SUS e movimentos sociais em território rural

Abstract

The theoretical categories production, labor, environment and health are important to the discussion of disciplinary fields of Occupational Health and Environmental Health. The research aimed to analyze the relationship between university, SUS and social movements to approach the production relations-work-environment-health in peasant territory. It occurred in Apodi-RN, which goes through a context of resistance of social movements and peasant who practice family farms agroecological-based installing near Irrigated Perimeter Santa Cruz, which comes to subsidizing agribusiness expansion of irrigated horticulture in the region. This is an acting research in which were accomplished six meetings with a group consisting of community health workers, Reference Center for Occupational Health, University Professor and social movements - the Pastoral Land Commission (CPT) and the Rural Workers Union . Were developed moments of discussion, semi-structured interviews, field studies and visits to health territorialization, workshops and thematic seminars. Analytical categories were used to analyze the information. It was observed that the relationship between university, SUS and social movements to address the relationships between production-workenvironment- health is possible and fruitful, tensioned for hegemony in the context of the interests of capital. Stood out as potential actors, teachers who rely on critical theories, autonomous social movements and community health workers. Among the potential of articulation, include: exchange of experiences, interdisciplinarity, intersectionality, search, resignification of academic work and health, deconstructing the myths of the ideology of development and visibility to the needs of environmental and occupational health. The relationship of these actors to identify the context of production relations-work-environmenthealth and health needs in specific territory, as well as collectively to build a plan of action and intervene in reality is a way that can contribute to the strengthening of praxis of Occupational Health and Environmental Health shared between so many different subjects, industries, knowledge and disciplines, and can be incorporated into the university, SUS and social movements.