Indigenous health and nursing in Roraima in the 1970s

ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze the strategies undertaken by the government to address the health problem in Boa Vista/Roraima. Method: A study using the microhistory approach, with documentary sources from journalistic material of the 1970s through the triangulation technique: texts, images and context, with analysis from the perspective of the Social World Theory. Results: It was evidenced that the strategies undertaken by the government occurred in favor of the exploration of isolated areas in Roraima that demanded settlement processes, construction of villages and a highway to enable the interconnection of the state with other regions of Brazil, with a smoke screen symbolic effect produced by nurses on indigenous health. Conclusion: There was governmental manipulation, when the symbolic power was unveiled, making it possible to see and believe that nursing needs to guide political issues rather than being ruled.

摘要
研究目的：分析巴西罗赖马州博阿维斯塔市（Boa Vista/Roraima）政府应对公共健康问题的相关策略。
研究方法：本研究采用微观史研究路径，以1970年代的新闻报道素材作为文献来源，结合文本、图像与语境的三角互证法，并基于社会世界理论（Social World Theory）的视角开展分析。
研究结果：研究证实，政府推行的相关策略实则服务于罗赖马州偏远地区的开发诉求——该区域亟需推进定居开发、村落建设以及公路修建工程，以实现本州与巴西其他地区的互联互通；与此同时，医护人员在原住民健康议题上构建了符号性烟幕效应。
研究结论：当符号权力被揭露后，可见政府存在操控行为，这使得人们得以认清并确信：护理行业应当主导政治议题，而非被支配。