A SAÚDE AMBIENTAL NO CONTEXTO DO DESENVOLVIMENTO SUSTENTÁVEL: UM ESTUDO NA AMAZÔNIA LEGAL

Abstract

The exploitation of natural resources in the Amazon has suffered historical pressures, thus endangering their ecosystem services for human wellbeing and health. This study aims to investigate the environmental health conditions of the Amazon population and its relationship with the model of exploitation of local resources. For this purpose the methodology used is FPEEEA - Driving Force, Pressure, State/Situation, Exposure, Effect, Action, developed by WHO with secondary data from the Brazilian Department of Health. Through factor analysis were developed three indices show that: (a) the basic determinants of health in the Amazon - GDP per capita, degree of urbanization and fleet of vehicles per capita, (b) the susceptibility factors -sanitation, garbage collection and use of pesticides, and (c) the effects on health-related diseases environmental sanitation. The Amazonian states with the worst rates of environmental health, compared to other Brazilian states.

Index Terms - Amazon, Indices, Environmental Health.