Avaliação dos níveis de salubridade em edificações multifamiliares de interesse social na cidade de Campina Grande-PB.

Abstract

In Brazil, millions of families are excluded from access to decent housing.. In the city of Campina Grande-PB that social reality is not unlike the housing needs analysis reveals that the most significant in quantitative terms are provision of new housing units with a demand of 16,593 units. According to Cohen (2004) housing would be essential and space vehicle construction and development of family health. The assessment of the level of health in housing projects enables to deepen the knowledge of user requirements for the use and maintenance of the spaces of Social Interest Housing. In low-income communities that, are naturally risk populations, to environmental health problems in the built space have exacerbated its effects. Thus this paper aims to assess the level of Environmental Health in multifamily buildings of social interest (HIS) in the city of Campina Grande-PB as a contribution to a plan for assessing the environmental sanitation of buildings of social interest. To review were considered in the model variables Booking and water quality, disposal of sewage, solid waste management, indoor air, natural light interior, internal space, the general conditions of the building, in an expression that allows to reach a measurement model the level of healthiness. Data collection was done by conducting home visits with technical focus, based on the quantitative variable for each of the proposed model. From a sequence of actions, the check list was composed of the building so that for each variable, qualitative or quantitative, were characterized and predicted spot. Sample of 40 housing units, 36 were classified in class B (average health), corresponding to 90% of the total, only 4 housing units fall in the class C (low health), corresponding to 10% of the total. No housing unit was framed in classes A (Wholesome) and D (Unhealthy). The worst results were for variables Reservation and water quality, indoor air and building conditions. The NSE served as a practical method to evaluate the post-occupation regarding aspects of housing quality necessary to promote the health of low-income housing project Araxa. To solve the housing problems of any building requires a study of all aspects that can lead to unhealthy wearer, being a multidisciplinary study, the best way to go is the indexing of this information, which will serve as a tool for public officials to become aware of the situation, to develop public health actions to adapt these dwellings.