Doen?as respirat?rias associadas ? atividade de minera??o no munic?pio de Parelhas, regi?o do serid? norte-riograndense

• Main Author: Lima, Elis?ngela Maria de
• Other Authors: CPF:24043427204
• Format: Others
• Language: Portuguese
• Published: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte 2014
• Subjects: Pneumoconioses; silicose; epidemiologia das doen?as respirat?rias; atividade de base mineral; desertifica??o; Pneumoconiosis; silicosis; epidemiology of respiratory diseases; mineral-based activities; desertification; CNPQ::OUTROS
• Online Access: http://repositorio.ufrn.br:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/18197

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T15:54:52Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 ElisangelaML.pdf: 3702195 bytes, checksum: 706cae0d6a157da81de334adcc48655b (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-02-26 === This work aims to characterize the workers in mineral activities exposed to lung injuries in Parelhas Municipality, Rio Grande do Norte State, seeking to relate respiratory diseases to the mining activity. The studied area (Parelhas City), with about 19,700 inhabitants, is located in the Serido region, approximately 232 km far from Natal City. The number of people involved in informal mining activity (garimpo) in the Serid? region reaches about 5,000. These workers generally do not use any kind of individual protection equipments and develop, at early ages of greater productivity, severe forms of diseases, which end up disabling them to professional activities, family and social life. Deceases by respiratory problems (e.g. silicosis) have been reported in very young adults. A descriptive observational study was conducted based on information from the records found in Dr. Jos? Augusto Dantas Hospital, between the years 1996- 2006. The occupational and socio-economic features of the population, which was selected by using the hospital records, were achieved through individually answered forms. The purpose was to link the occupational activities with the respiratory diseases. The next stage of the research was an observational case-control study, in the 1:1 proportion. The achieved data allowed confirming the central hypothesis of the research, which states that the pneumoconiosis cases are due to the mineral-based activities in the studied area. The final step of the investigation tried to assess the knowledge of relatives of students in public and private elementary and high schools from Parelhas City, regarding silicosis. About 15.4% of urban schools were analyzed through application of a structured questionnaire. The results show distinct socio-economic levels and a difference in the perception of the relatives of students in public and private schools, concerning silicosis. It was possible to identify the characteristics of the population economically involved with mineral-based activities and to define the group that deserves preferential attention in preventive actions. The work indicates some environmental problems caused by inadequate mining operations in the region === O presente trabalho tem por objetivo a caracteriza??o de trabalhadores em atividades de base mineral expostos aos danos pulmonares, no Munic?pio de Parelhas/RN, buscando relacionar as patologias respirat?rias que mais se manifestam nesta popula??o a atividades de base mineral. A ?rea estudada (cidade de Parelhas) localiza-se no Serid? oriental norte-riograndense a aproximadamente 232 km de Natal com cerca de 19.700 habitantes. A quantidade de pessoas envolvidas na atividade informal de minera??o (garimpo) na regi?o do Serid? norte-riograndense chega a cerca de 5.000. Esses trabalhadores em geral n?o utilizam equipamentos de prote??o individual (EPIs) de qualquer esp?cie e desenvolvem, na faixa et?ria de maior produtividade, formas graves da doen?a, que acabam incapacitando-os para atividades profissionais, vida familiar e social, existindo relatos de mortes por problemas respirat?rios (silicose, por exemplo) em adultos muito jovens. Foi realizado estudo observacional do tipo descritivo transversal, a partir de informa??es sintomatol?gicas presentes nos prontu?rios do Hospital Dr. Jos? Augusto Dantas da cidade de Parelhas, entre os anos de 1996-2006. A caracteriza??o ocupacional e socioecon?mica da popula??o selecionada atrav?s dos prontu?rios foi feita atrav?s de aplica??o de formul?rios, respondidos individualmente e ap?s leitura do termo de consentimento livre e esclarecido (TCLE). Esta caracteriza??o objetivou vincular a atividade ocupacional com as patologias respirat?rias sofridas A etapa seguinte da pesquisa correspondeu a estudo observacional anal?tico do tipo casocontrole, na propor??o 1:1. Os dados obtidos possibilitaram a confirma??o da hip?tese central da pesquisa, de que os casos de pneumoconioses devem-se ? presen?a de atividades de base mineral na ?rea de estudo. Na fase final do trabalho, buscou-se avaliar o conhecimento da popula??o de familiares de estudantes do ensino fundamental e m?dio de escolas p?blicas e privadas do Munic?pio de Parelhas/RN referente ? silicose. Foram analisadas 15,4% das escolas urbanas, atrav?s da aplica??o de question?rio estruturado. Os resultados mostram distintos n?veis socioecon?micos e uma diferen?a na percep??o nos familiares de estudantes das escolas p?blica e privada, em rela??o ? silicose, permitindo identificar as caracter?sticas das popula??es economicamente envolvidas com atividades de base mineral e definir o grupo que mereceria aten??o preferencial em a??es preventivas. O trabalho possibilitou tamb?m apontar alguns problemas ambientais deixados pela inadequada explora??o mineral existente na