Banca de DEFESA: GABRIELA VALONES RODRIGUES DE ARAÚJO GOMES

Uma banca de DEFESA de DOUTORADO foi cadastrada pelo programa.
STUDENT : GABRIELA VALONES RODRIGUES DE ARAÚJO GOMES
DATE: 29/08/2022
TIME: 14:30
LOCAL: Pos Graduação Engenharia Civil
TITLE:

Use and geospatialization of the Environmental Health Indicator: the case of Pau dos Ferros (RN)

KEY WORDS:

Epidemiology, sanitation index, environmental sanitation, COVID-19, SARS-Cov-2, public health.

PAGES: 180
BIG AREA: Engenharias
AREA: Engenharia Civil
SUMMARY:

This study shows, for the first time, the application of the Environmental Health Indicator, from the geospatialization of twenty neighborhoods, in an urban area in the semi-arid region of Brazil and its relationship with notifications of cases and deaths by COVID-19. Information on sanitary conditions was obtained through official bodies and extensive opinion polls in 2019 and 2020. COVID-19 data were extracted from epidemiological bulletins issued by the State Health Department (RN), in the period from May 2020 to April 2021. Descriptive and multivariate statistics were used to analyze the results, and a Geographic Information System to spatialize the findings. Eighteen neighborhoods showed low health and two were classified as unhealthy. The intermittence in the water supply, the water collapse of a dam, the deficiency of the sewage collection and treatment network and the irregular presence of an open-air dump for solid waste disposal, are the reason why none of the evaluated neighborhoods have been considered salubrious or with medium salubrity. Underreporting, the early adoption of restrictive measures and the meteorological and socioeconomic aspects of Pau dos Ferros may explain the lower local transmission of COVID-19. Its case fatality rate in all neighborhoods was below the national average (2.7%). The results showed that environmental healthiness is a preponderant factor in controlling the pandemic, but that it is not the only causal element to be investigated in the occurrence of cases and deaths by COVID-19.

BANKING MEMBERS:
Externo à Instituição - JOSE ROBERTO SANTO DE CARVALHO - UFPE
Externa à Instituição - JULIANA CARDOSO DE MORAIS - IFPE
Presidente - 1278948 - MARIA DO CARMO MARTINS SOBRAL
Externo à Instituição - PAULO BELLI FILHO - UFSC
Externa ao Programa - 1133709 - VANICE SANTIAGO FRAGOSO SELVA