Perfil epidemiológico de Juarez Távora - PB como base para analisar o espaço geográfico.

Abstract

This work is the result of a study on the epidemiological profile of the municipality of Juarez Távora-PB in order to understand the space configuration. By the need to involve major diseases reported in the municipality to the factors that ace condition as a prerequisite for understanding the space, it is developing a quantitative research study, appropriating the following methodological procedures: literature, statistician county data analysis and analysis landscapes within the context of risk areas. According to the survey data, it appears that the current classification of the epidemiological profile of the municipality is a result of the actions of man in space. This relationship also involves a cultural issue because of practices related to hygiene, nutrition and other factors that affect the individual's health status over time. By studying the space, it has become essential to analyze the landscape in order to identify areas of risk to health that reflect the way of life of people in society, therefore it was necessary to use photographic records.