Violência e saúde: uma análise sob a perspectiva da política de pacificação na cidade do Rio de Janeiro.

Abstract

The recent policy of public security applied in the City of Rio de Janeiro - known as a policy of pacification is the object sought in this research. The intention was to observe the articulation and how the health sector reflected the perspective of a policy so comprehensive, bold, innovative and with the same objective as it: achieving better living conditions through social justice. In order to meet this objective, the research sought to describe the process of 'pacification' in relation to the history of urbanization in the City of Rio de Janeiro, to understand and contextualize the relationship between violence and health, and to analyse how development of public safety and its interfaces with health in the City of Rio de Janeiro. The method that facilitated this analysis was the accomplishment of a descriptive and exploratory study, with qualitative and quantitative characteristics based on a bibliographical review about the subject, search of secondary data of official organs and journalistic media and also counted on unsystematic observations, the which facilitated greater understanding about the theme proposed in the perspective exposed directly by professionals from other areas, population and society. However, it was observed that the entry of the UPPs was a milestone in the management of public security in the State, although it was only applied in the city of Rio de Janeiro. The indicators of homicide showed improvement, however, temporary, however, for health, caused closure of units, due to confrontations in the place of action for pacification, maintained the high levels of hospital expenses due to the assistance to victims of armed violence, which resulted in the implementation of a new program in order to mitigate violence in the territory.