Índice de salubridade ambiental em domicílios rurais do Semiárido Paraibano.

Abstract

The main objective of this work is to analyze the conditions of environmental health in rural communities in the semi-arid region of Paraíba through the adaptation of a system capable of organizing data, building indicators and indices for the purpose of generating information and local knowledge about Environmental Health in Rural Communities (ISA/CR). For this, the Environmental Health Indicator System (ISA) for Rural Communities (CR) was adapted and applied, a method already known and applied by Costa (2010), called ISA/CR, in the municipality of Ouro Preto - MG. The spatial area chosen for application were two rural communities in the municipality of Cajazeirinhas-PB, namely: Barrento and São Braz I. From this application, the viability of this model was verified and the verification of its parameters in the reality found in these communities. At the same time, an analysis of the conditions of environmental health among the communities involved was also carried out. At the end of the work, with the results obtained and compared with the literature, the application of this indicator system in rural communities was observed, it serves as a useful tool to quantify and compare the conditions of environmental health in rural environments, and may serve as an instrument of analysis and planning for solving environmental sanitation problems in an area of knowledge so lacking in research and investigation.