Bioantropologia do PPGA no II BioAnthropological Meeting - Coimbra


As alunas de Doutorado do Programa de Pós Graduação em Antropologia - PPGA/UFPA: Ligia Filgueiras e Ariana Kelly L. S da Silva, participaram entre os dias 29 e 30 de Maio de 2015 do II BAM - BioAnthropological Meeting, evento de grande importância na área da Bioantropologia da Europa, que ocorreu na cidade de Coimbra, Portugal, no Departamento de Ciências da Vida da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade de Coimbra (DCV-FCTUC).

De acordo com os organizadores, “a segunda edição deste encontro multidisciplinar está inserida nas comemorações dos 130 anos de ensino de Antropologia em Coimbra e conta uma vez mais com o apoio da direção do DCV-FCTUC, do Centro de Investigação em Antropologia e Saúde (CIAS) e do Grupo de Estudos em Evolução Humana (GEEvH). Tal como na primeira edição, este evento incidirá na exposição de trabalhos de investigação científica realizados nas diferentes vertentes da Antropologia Biológica, procurando incentivar a interseção de conhecimentos provenientes do estudo de áreas tão diversificadas como a Antropologia Forense, a Genética de Populações, a Ecologia Humana, a Primatologia, a Evolução Humana e o estudo das Populações do Passado. Neste contexto, pretende-se incentivar a fluidez comunicativa entre as perspetivas do passado e as expectativas para o futuro, aproximando temáticas e investigadores e atualizando, simultaneamente, a divulgação científica”.

As discentes participaram do II BAM com duas Apresentações Orais, intituladas: “Nutritional status of the Riverine population of the Caxiuaña National Forest, Melgaço-Pará, Brazil” e “Social determinants of health and Sickle Cell Disease in Amazonia”, ambos com coautoria do Prof. Dr. Hilton P. da Silva (PPGA/UFPA).

Os resumos e o link do evento seguem abaixo:


"Nutritional status of the riverine population of the Caxiuanã National Forest, Melgaço-Pará, Brazil"


Ligia Amaral Filgueiras (ligiafilgueiras@gmail.com)
Hilton P. da Silva (hdasilva@ufpa.br)


Universidade Federal do Pará - UFPA
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Antropologia - PPGA
Instituto de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas - IFCH
Laboratório de Antropologia Arthur Napoleão Figueiredo
Cidade Universitária José da Silveira Netto
R. Augusto Corrêa, 01 - Campus Universitário do Guamá
66075-900, Belém, Pará, Brasil


The “riverine” in the Brazilian Amazon are non indigenous, peasant populations, with intense miscegenation among white settlers, the indigenous native population and the enslaved black African. They are small producers, with specific life manners who depend and deeply know the nature and its cycles and use relatively simple technology. Like other invisible and vulnerable populations in the Amazon, their general living conditions have been poorly studied. This study analyzed the weight status of a representative sample of the population of Caxiuanã National Forest, Melgaço-PA, Brazil and its surroundings. 360 people (171 men, 189 women; 75 0-5 year old children – 39 girls, 36 boys; 66 5-10 year old children – 41 girls, 25 boys) were analyzed based on the WHO parameters (weight/height, height/age, weight/age, BMI/age, weight, height, waist circumference, BMI). 44% of 0-5 year old children were bellow -2, and 12,12% of 5-10 year old children fell below -3 Z-score indicating an energy loss process, possibly due to a durable food shortage state, especially the girls. Youth, adults and seniors were considered standard, with only a small variation up on waist circumference of older women. Malnutrition in children is common in Amazon rural population in contrast to adults. Children with low weight status due to malnutrition are more likely to become overweight adults in the future. Therefore, it is urgent to develop public health programs in order to give greater attention to the situation of children of current rural Amazonian populations so that future problems such as obesity and hypertension are minimized.

Key-Words: Amazon population, Malnutrition, WHO parameters, Z-scores, Children

A Doutoranda Ligia Filgueira durante Apresentação Oral
Foto Oficial do II BAM


"Social Determinants of Health and Sickle Cell Disease in Amazonia"
Ariana K Silva1

Hilton P Silva1

1. Universidade Federal do Pará, Programa de Pós Graduação em Antropologia, Laboratório de Estudos Bioantropológicos em Saúde e Meio Ambiente. Rua Augusto Corrêa, 01, Guamá, Belém, PA, Amazonia, Brazil.

Sickle Cell Disease (SCD – HB*S) is the most prevalent genetic syndrome of the world. In the Amazon, it is estimated the SCD affects 1% of the population, which faces challenges considering the Social Determinants of Health (SDH) such as limited access to health services, biosocial vulnerability, lack of knowledge about the SCD and skin color stigma at medical services. This study examined 40 SCD patients from the Belém Regional Hemocenter, investigating income/education, ethnic racial/institutional prejudice, SCD perceptions and its kinds of treatment, in order to understand how biology and culture interact on their daily routine. Ethnographic and qualitative research was used, based on participant observation and interviews conducted in the Hemocenter Regional (Blood Center/Belém), Brazil, to 40 people with SCD (05-49 years/age), representing 10% of the population affected in the State of Pará. 42% of the families have low income (approximately US$45/person/month in 2012), 70% have only primary education, 96% depend exclusively on the public health services, and 57% suffered some type of racial/institutional prejudice. SCD is seen by these people as a "disease that comes from black people". In conclusion, the racialization of SCD is a SDH which hinders its diagnosis and treatment. As it involves biological and sociocultural aspects, SCD is a complex ailment, requiring specific public policies and better qualification of the health services to meet the needs of Amazonian communities.

Keywords: Genetic Disease; Institutional Racism; Black; Brazil.


A Doutoranda Ariana Silva durante Apresentação Oral
Foto Oficial do II BAM
Mais informações: http://www.uc.pt/fctuc/dcv/eventos/2015/IIbam

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