Food Insecurity Among Haitian Migrants Living In Brazil.

Objective: To analyze the situation of food insecurity among Haitians living in Midwest of Brazil, based on questions of the Brazilian Scale of Food Insecurity (BSFI).

Methods: A survey was carried out with a probabilistic sampling proportional to sex of Haitians aged over 18 years who lived in Cuiabá and Várzea Grande, Mato Grosso. Haitian migrants were interviewed by bilingual (Haitian Creole/Portuguese) individuals, and for the analysis of the BSFI questions.

Eradicating slave labour by 2030: the challenge of worker health surveillance.

Eradicating modern slavery is a relevant scientific, social, and institutional challenge issue. Indeed, efforts are being made globally to understand, map, and eradicate contemporary slavery as a target of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. However, little attention has been given to the Occupational Health Surveillance (VISAT) in the strategies and struggle against exploiting relationships.

[The metamorphosis and the field of the mental health of workers: a Bakhtinian analysis].

The scope of this paper is to analyze the dialogism between the narrative of Franz Kafka in "The Metamorphosis" and the discursive practices surrounding the mental health of the worker. Based on the theoretical/methodological perspective postulated by Mikhail Bakhtin, this study conducted a discursive analysis of Kafka's narrative based on the concepts of the Ergonomics of Activity and the Psychodynamics of Labor. In particular, the concepts of "dialogism" and "gender of discourse" in Bakhtin were used because they enable the study of the text and the social reality simultaneously.

[The health of Haitian immigrant workers in Mato Grosso, Brazil: vulnerabilities and risks].

The relationships among immigration, health, work and environment are explored with the aim of analyzing the insertion of Haitian immigrants in the productive processes of Mato Grosso, highlighting health risks and socioenvironmental vulnerabilities. An action research study was carried out in conjunction with the Haitian community, social organizations and State institutions. In 2014 and 2015, a questionnaire was applied among the Haitian population of the city of Cuiabá (capital state of Mato Grosso) to characterize living and working conditions.

Socioeconomic and Health Profile of Haitian Immigrants in a Brazilian Amazon State.

We analyzed the sociodemographic profile, migration journey, health conditions, and health care access and utilization among recent Haitian immigrants to the Brazilian Amazon state of Mato Grosso. We conducted a cross-sectional study with a probabilistic sample of 452 Haitians. We administered a bilingual questionnaire from December 2014 to February 2015.

Spatial distribution of pesticide use in Brazil: a strategy for Health Surveillance.

The intensive use of pesticides in Brazilian agriculture is a public health issue due to contamination of the environment, food and human health poisoning. The study aimed to show the spatial distribution of the planted area of agricultural crops, the use of pesticides and related health problems, as a Health Surveillance strategy. We obtained data from the planted area of 21 predominant crops, indicators of the consumption of pesticides per hectare for each crop and health problems.

[International migration, health, and work: an analysis of Haitians in Mato Grosso State, Brazil].

This article addresses the relations between immigration, health, and work in Haitian immigrants in Cuiabá and Várzea Grande, Mato Grosso State, Brazil, emphasizing their work conditions. This was an exploratory study based on primary data collected through a survey of the Haitian population in Cuiabá in 2014-2015. A total of 452 Haitians were interviewed, living in Cuiabá and Várzea Grande (373 men and 79 women), and the findings point to the precarious social situation of Haitian immigrants in Mato Grosso State, marked by high unemployment.

[Modern-day slavery as a public health issue].

Modern-day slave labor is one of the most pernicious and persistent social problems in Brazil. In the light of the need to implement a national occupational health policy, this paper discusses slave labor as a public health concern, highlighting possibilities for broadening strategies for vigilance and comprehensive care for this specific working population. Exploratory qualitative research was carried out based on the "social construction of reality" proposed by Lenoir, Berger and Luckmann.

The issue of mental health in occupational health surveillance.

This paper addresses the issue of mental health in the Occupational Health Surveillance (VISAT) context. It seeks to present theoretical aspects and institutional policies contributing to the incorporation of mental health dimensions into the VISAT process, in view of the pressing need to attend to this demand that is becoming increasingly important in the occupational health area, especially within the scope of the National Comprehensive Occupational Healthcare Network (RENAST). Some theoretical approaches and practical experiences in mental health and work are systematically presented and discussed in this essay.

[Public health policies for workers: analysis of the implementation of institutionalization measures in a Brazilian city].

The creation of the Brazilian Network of Comprehensive Occupational Health Care (Renast) in 2002 led to the appearance and increase of Reference Centers for Occupational Health (Cerest) in Brazil. In the North Fluminense Region, Cerest was inaugurated in 2006 and resulted from the transformation of the former Occupational Health Program of the city of Campos dos Goytacazes. In the broader context of the history of Occupational Health Programs in Brazil and the creation of Renast, this research analyzes the setting up of this Cerest in Campos in the State of Rio de Janeiro.