Self-perceived health among 'quilombolas' in northern Minas Gerais, Brazil.

Over a century has passed since slavery was abolished in Brazil, yet quilombola communities remain socially vulnerable, especially when it comes to health. The goal of this study was to understand self-perceived health (SPH) in quilombola communities in Northern Minas Gerais, and the factors associated with their negative -perceived their own health. A household survey of a representative sample of quilombola communities in the study region.

[Primary Care and maternal and child health: perceptions of caregivers in a rural 'quilombola' community].

This study sought to evaluate the attributes of primary care, with a focus on child health, from the viewpoint of a 'quilombola' community in the north of the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil (A quilombola is a resident of a quilombo in Brazil. They are the descendents of Afro-Brazilian slaves who escaped from slave plantations that existed in Brazil until abolition in 1888). It is a cross-sectional, descriptive study with a quantitative approach.