Evaluation of massive education in prison health: a perspective of health care for the person deprived of freedom in Brazil

Education, with an emphasis on prison health, has acted as a policy inducing changes in work processes, which the Brazilian National Health System (SUS) has used, and which is present in permanent health education, which promotes health care for people deprived of liberty. This article aims to present an analysis of the impacts of the strategy of massive education on prison health in Brazil from the perspective of health professionals and other actors operating in the Brazilian prison system. The data used in the study come from a questionnaire consisting of 37 questions applied nationwide between March and June 2022. Responses were collected from students who completed the course “Health Care for People Deprived of Freedom” of the learning pathway “Prison System”, available in the Virtual Learning Environment of the Brazilian Health System (AVASUS). This course was offered nationally, whose adhesion (enrollment) occurred spontaneously, i.e., the course was not a mandatory. The data collected allowed us to analyze the impacts of massive education on prison health. The study also shows that the search for the course is made by several areas of knowledge, with a higher incidence in the health area, but also in other areas, such as humanities, which also work directly with the guarantee of the rights of people deprived of liberty, which are professionals in the areas of social work, psychology, and education. The analysis based on the data suggests that the massive education mediated by technology through the courses of the learning pathway, besides disseminating knowledge–following the action plan of the 2030 Agenda of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)–, are an effective tool to promote resilience in response to prison health and care demands of people deprived of liberty

Assessment of surface water in two Amazonian rivers impacted by industrial wastewater, Barcarena City, Pará State (Brazil)

In 2007, surface waters were collected from 21 sampling points in Barcarena City in Northern Region of Brazil: one sampling point located in a stream that receives discharge of wastewater from a kaolin processing industry and flows into the Curuperê River, three sampling points located near sources that emerge on the left bank and flow into the Curuperê River, nine sampling points in Curuperê River, which flows into the Dendê River, and eight in Dendê River, a tributary on the right bank of the Pará River. For all water samples were quantified 14 physicochemical variables and levels of 12 metals. The results in the points near the sources of the Curuperê River presented physicochemical profile and metal levels which are typical of surface waters being used as reference to compare and identify possible changes in the chemical characteristics of the other sampling points. The comparison between the results obtained for the sources of the Curuperê River and the ones for the point near the discharge of industrial wastewater revealed strong changes in the values of 6 physicochemical variables (pH, electrical conductivity (EC), total dissolved solids (TDS), sulfate (SO4), ammoniacal nitrogen (NH4-N) and salinity) and an increase in magnitude of the levels of four metals (Al, Fe, Mn and Zn). These facts characterized that the wastewaters were discharged into the environment without adequate treatment. Results in other sampling sites showed that these anomalous conditions were also found along the Curuperê and Dendê Rivers, especially during low tide. This chemical characterization of the waters allowed to identify harmful conditions to aquatic ecosystems and potential health risk for the local people, who use the rivers for drinking water, recreation and transportation

Deposition flow of Mercury and Selenium in hair of riverine in habitants of the Amazon, Brazil

Institute Evandro Chaga – Health Ministry in Brazil and Federal University of the Pará.Ministério da Saúde. Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde. Instituto Evandro Chagas. Laboratório de Toxicologia. Ananindeua, PA, Brasil.Ministério da Saúde. Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde. Instituto Evandro Chagas. Laboratório de Toxicologia. Ananindeua, PA, Brasil.Ministério da Saúde. Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde. Instituto Evandro Chagas. Laboratório de Toxicologia. Ananindeua, PA, Brasil.Ministério da Saúde. Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde. Instituto Evandro Chagas. Laboratório de Toxicologia. Ananindeua, PA, Brasil.Federal University of Pará. Institute of Biological Sciences. Environment and Conservation Research Laboratory. Belém, PA, Brazil / Ministério da Saúde. Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde. Instituto Evandro Chagas. Laboratório de Toxicologia. Ananindeua, PA, Brasil.Ministério da Saúde. Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde. Instituto Evandro Chagas. Laboratório de Toxicologia. Ananindeua, PA, Brasil.Ministério da Saúde. Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde. Instituto Evandro Chagas. Laboratório de Toxicologia. Ananindeua, PA, Brasil.Ministério da Saúde. Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde. Instituto Evandro Chagas. Laboratório de Toxicologia. Ananindeua, PA, Brasil.Ministério da Saúde. Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde. Instituto Evandro Chagas. Laboratório de Toxicologia. Ananindeua, PA, Brasil.Galileo Institute of Technology and Education of the Amazon. Manaus, AM, Brazil.Ministério da Saúde. Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde. Instituto Evandro Chagas. Laboratório de Toxicologia. Ananindeua, PA, Brasil.This paper provides an estimation of Hg, CH3Hg+ and Se levels in hair samples of riverine inhabitants belonging to Itaituba municipality - Barreiras community (area impacted by gold mining underground) and Juruti municipality - Tabatinga community (area without mining impact) (masculine and feminine genus), Pará state (Amazon, Brazil), as well as Hg, CH3Hg+ and Se levels in 12 fish species (carnivores and non-carnivorous), which stand out as the main species consumed by riverside inhabitants, to evaluate a relationship between fish consumption frequency; and Hg, CH3Hg+ and Se concentration, and also to evaluate possible protection mechanisms (or nonprotection) to Hg exposure by Se. Results showed that the levels of Hg, CH3Hg+ and Se found in the present study, which were an average of 15.21 µg g−1 of Hg, 10.48 µg g−1 of CH3Hg+ and 3.64 µg g−1 of Se for male inhabitants and an average of 13.89 µg g−1 of Hg, 10.68µg g−1 of CH3Hg+ and 3.60 µg g−1 of Se for female inhabitants belonging to the Barreira community, were higher than the Hg, CH3Hg+ and Se levels found in hair samples from inhabitants of Tabatinga community and other gold-producing areas, indicating risk for river side populations along the Tapajós river and for Barreira community. From the information of protective effect (or not) of selenium in hair, given the variation in Se concentration and Hg exposition between the two populations, the molar ratio Hg/Se and Hg millimole revealed a plausible correlation averaged for hair samples of riverine inhabitants belonging to Barreiras (R2 = 0.86, p<0.05) and Tabatinga (R2 = 0.57, p<0.05) community. Similarly for the fish, the molar ratio Hg/Se and Hg millimole revealed a plausible correlation averaged for fish samples carnivorous and non-carnivorous (R2 = 0.97, p<0.05)

Deposition flow of Mercury and Selenium in Hair of riverine inhabitants of the Amazon, Brazil

Institute Evandro Chaga – Health Ministry in Brazil and Federal University of the Pará.Ministério da Saúde. Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde. Instituto Evandro Chagas. Laboratório de Toxicologia. Ananindeua, PA, Brasil.Ministério da Saúde. Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde. Instituto Evandro Chagas. Laboratório de Toxicologia. Ananindeua, PA, Brasil.Ministério da Saúde. Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde. Instituto Evandro Chagas. Laboratório de Toxicologia. Ananindeua, PA, Brasil.Ministério da Saúde. Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde. Instituto Evandro Chagas. Laboratório de Toxicologia. Ananindeua, PA, Brasil.Federal University of Pará. Institute of Biological Sciences. Environment and Conservation Research Laboratory. Belém, PA, Brazil / Ministério da Saúde. Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde. Instituto Evandro Chagas. Laboratório de Toxicologia. Ananindeua, PA, Brasil.Ministério da Saúde. Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde. Instituto Evandro Chagas. Laboratório de Toxicologia. Ananindeua, PA, Brasil.Ministério da Saúde. Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde. Instituto Evandro Chagas. Laboratório de Toxicologia. Ananindeua, PA, Brasil.Ministério da Saúde. Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde. Instituto Evandro Chagas. Laboratório de Toxicologia. Ananindeua, PA, Brasil.Ministério da Saúde. Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde. Instituto Evandro Chagas. Laboratório de Toxicologia. Ananindeua, PA, Brasil.Galileo Institute of Technology and Education of the Amazon. Manaus, AM, Brazil.Ministério da Saúde. Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde. Instituto Evandro Chagas. Laboratório de Toxicologia. Ananindeua, PA, Brasil.This paper provides an estimation of Hg, CH3Hg+ and Se levels in hair samples of riverine inhabitants belonging to Itaituba municipality - Barreiras community (area impacted by gold mining underground) and Juruti municipality - Tabatinga community (area without mining impact) (masculine and feminine genus), Pará state (Amazon, Brazil), as well as Hg, CH3Hg+ and Se levels in 12 fish species (carnivores and non-carnivorous), which stand out as the main species consumed by riverside inhabitants, to evaluate a relationship between fish consumption frequency; and Hg, CH3Hg+ and Se concentration, and also to evaluate possible protection mechanisms (or nonprotection) to Hg exposure by Se. Results showed that the levels of Hg, CH3Hg+ and Se found in the present study, which were an average of 15.21 µg g−1 of Hg, 10.48 µg g−1 of CH3Hg+ and 3.64 µg g−1 of Se for male inhabitants and an average of 13.89 µg g−1 of Hg, 10.68µg g−1 of CH3Hg+ and 3.60 µg g−1 of Se for female inhabitants belonging to the Barreira community, were higher than the Hg, CH3Hg+ and Se levels found in hair samples from inhabitants of Tabatinga community and other gold-producing areas, indicating risk for river side populations along the Tapajós river and for Barreira community. From the information of protective effect (or not) of selenium in hair, given the variation in Se concentration and Hg exposition between the two populations, the molar ratio Hg/Se and Hg millimole revealed a plausible correlation averaged for hair samples of riverine inhabitants belonging to Barreiras (R2 = 0.86, p<0.05) and Tabatinga (R2 = 0.57, p<0.05) community. Similarly for the fish, the molar ratio Hg/Se and Hg millimole revealed a plausible correlation averaged for fish samples carnivorous and non-carnivorous (R2 = 0.97, p<0.05)

Evaluation of massive education in prison health: a perspective of health care for the person deprived of freedom in Brazil

Education, with an emphasis on prison health, has acted as a policy inducing changes in work processes, which the Brazilian National Health System (SUS) has used, and which is present in permanent health education, which promotes health care for people deprived of liberty. This article aims to present an analysis of the impacts of the strategy of massive education on prison health in Brazil from the perspective of health professionals and other actors operating in the Brazilian prison system. The data used in the study come from a questionnaire consisting of 37 questions applied nationwide between March and June 2022. Responses were collected from students who completed the course "Health Care for People Deprived of Freedom" of the learning pathway "Prison System", available in the Virtual Learning Environment of the Brazilian Health System (AVASUS). This course was offered nationally, whose adhesion (enrollment) occurred spontaneously, i.e., the course was not a mandatory. The data collected allowed us to analyze the impacts of massive education on prison health. The study also shows that the search for the course is made by several areas of knowledge, with a higher incidence in the health area, but also in other areas, such as humanities, which also work directly with the guarantee of the rights of people deprived of liberty, which are professionals in the areas of social work, psychology, and education. The analysis based on the data suggests that the massive education mediated by technology through the courses of the learning pathway, besides disseminating knowledge-following the action plan of the 2030 Agenda of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)-, are an effective tool to promote resilience in response to prison health and care demands of people deprived of liberty