How do work, environment, and social conditions shape the health of women farmers in Central Amazonia?
An article in CSP analyzes the health-disease process in traditional communities of the Rio Negro Sustainable Development Reserve and reveals a complex and multifactorial reality.
The results show that agricultural work strengthens the autonomy, dignity, and well-being of women, but also exposes them to physical risks and contexts of vulnerability marked by territorial conflicts, environmental degradation, and large infrastructure projects.
Care practices are largely based on traditional remedies, while access to primary care is limited by distance and scarcity of resources.