Analisaram-se os riscos e danos à saúde dos agricultores causados pelos agrotóxicos, tendo como eixos centrais o processo e as relações de trabalho presentes na agricultura brasileira. Trata-se de um tema polêmico, complexo e conflituoso. Foram abordadas questões referentes à informação e às políticas públicas para o setor. Este artigo traz a contribuição e a reflexão do Grupo de Estudos de Saúde e Trabalho Rural de Minas Gerais (Gestru), que apresenta alguns resultados de seus trabalhos realizados em regiões hortifrutigranjeira, floricultora, canavieira e cafeeira de Minas Gerais. Propõe-se a incorporação de um conjunto de variáveis a serem consideradas no processo de avaliação da exposição e dos danos à saúde gerados pelos agrotóxicos. São apresentadas algumas propostas e sugestões para a construção de uma agenda de políticas e ações no campo da saúde do trabalhador agrícola brasileiro.
This study focuses on health risks among teenagers from two towns in the Sao Francisco River Valley (Ibiai and Morada Nova) and slums in Morro das Pedras, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais State, Brazil. The study discusses teaching and extracurricular activities by the Federal University in Minas Gerais in these localities, aimed at promoting health in adolescence. The authors use the Habermas communicative action theory as the main theoretical and methodological approach. The research adopted a qualitative and quantitative methodology, including dynamic observation, focus groups, interviews, and questionnaires answered by high school students. Sexuality, work, and violence were the main themes and were associated with numerous health risks. Work in the 10-to-14-year-old group was associated with nearly all types of health risks. The authors analyze the relations between context and adolescent behavior using the Habermasian concept of lifeworld colonization.
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