THE INTERFACE BETWEEN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND SCHOOL HEALTH POLICY IN BELÉM, PARÁ

Abstract

The city of Belém has peculiarities that challenge the insertion of public policies such as the school health program called the Health at School Program. The objective of this study was to analyze sociodemographic and human development aspects of the city's administrative districts in order to understand the implementation of the school health policy in these territories. It is an ecological, observational and cross-sectional study using geospatial techniques such as the Geographic Information System with the support of the ArcGis 10.5 software and the local Moran's Index to analyze local groups. A scenario was observed in which it is possible to infer that no district presents a favorable situation to the incursions of the school health policy, where there are agglomerations and population dispersions without a logic of space organization, in addition to verifying the presence of two realities regarding human development. Among the Administrative Districts, DAGUA stands out with the largest population, DAOUT and DAMOS as island regions, and DABEL, which does not have basic health care services. The results indicate the need to reassess and optimize public health and education policies, seeking readjustments compatible with the reality of the districts of Belém. In Amazonian contexts where the paradox of the richness of natural resources contrasts with the deficient basic infrastructure services, the implementation of policies such as the School Health Program becomes essential in the search for a better quality of life and the full development of populations. It is hoped that the holding of an international event of great magnitude in Belém will bring concrete contributions to the lives of its inhabitants.