Entre a saúde e doença; percepções de risco de saúde dos consumidores de géneros alimentícios em passeios da Cidade de Maputo

Abstract

The present study is an anthropological reflection where we will address between health and disease: perceptions of health risk that consumers of foodstuffs on city walks Maputo City, especially downtown have to do with this practice. It focuses on behaviors, social attitudes and on which perceptions of risk among consumers of foodstuffs on the sidewalks of the city of Maputo, and some of them are known diseases that may arise from consuming food made in those places without the minimal hygiene conditions. In the field work it was possible to find situations that can create health risk, where the tents have: lack of water for washing hands and food, lack of public toilets for consumers make their needs smaller, places where there is waste water and garbage that is not collected. The instruments used to carry out the data collection were semi-structured interviews, direct and participant observation, informal conversations, having at times resorted to the use of cell phone to take some pictures. It was possible during the field work to see that consumers of food, are not concerned with the conditions of the place, not taking into account the health risk to who may be exposed worrying only about eliminating hunger. (TRADUÇÃO NOSSA)