ALVES, A. V.; ALVES, Ângela Vieira.
Resumo:
Abstract: Health, public policy and social, economic, cultural, spatial, biological and respect for present and future generations are inextricably linked to sustainability issues, and multiconceitual generic term, which comes on the behavior and actions aimed at preserving the environmental heritage and material of humanity. In this concept, the relationship between health and sustainability accompanies the process of human biological evolution, because in that humans have evolved in many aspects of survival, new forms of illness and disease types were appearing, as we see throughout history. Scholars of epidemiology related to the health economic model, and current perspectives of health in Brazil focus on the relevance of social factors and the rights and autonomy of the users health. In rural areas and suburbs of large cities increased cases of infectious and parasitic diseases caused by insecurity or lack of sanitation. There are numerous international and national policies aimed at curbing environmental degradation to improve the living conditions of populations, among them: the Stockholm Conference (1972), Special Secretary for the Environment (1973), National Environmental System, Report Brundtland (1980), ECO-92, the Earth Charter (2000), National Policy on the Environment, Johannesburg Declaration (2002) and ECO +20 in 2012. Rural Environmental Politics in Brazil aims at the development of sustainable family farming. The problems of unsustainability in agriculture paraibana characterized by soil and climatic difficulties, lack of technical governmental incentives, insufficient income to meet basic needs of the family, land degradation caused by deforestation, burning and cultivation practices are not sustainable, causing desertificação.Com later on that reality and to study this situation within the Paraíba, a survey was conducted in Small Rural Settlement Richard, in Campina Grande / PB during the three-month period, characterized as field research, measured through semi-structured interviews, sustainability map and photographic records. Data were analyzed both quantitatively and qualitatively and were expressed in tables and graphs, the results indicated: soil and climatic limitations local governmental socioeconomic benefits and participation in social groups as important tools for improving the quality of life of those surveyed, insufficient agricultural income, importance of medicinal plants and correlation illness / poor living conditions.
