The Community of Pau Rosa/Amazonas and the Relationship between Nature, Culture and the Health/Disease Process

O presente trabalho tem por objetivo compreender o olhar da comunidade do Pau Rosa, localizada na ??rea rural a 30 km de Manaus, Amazonas, sobre o processo sa??de/doen??a e sua rela????o com a natureza. Trata-se de uma pesquisa qualitativa que tem como pressuposto que a sa??de e a doen??a fazem parte de um processo constru??do social e culturalmente (Langdon, 1995). Para o trabalho de campo, foram utilizados os m??todos de observa????o e coleta de narrativas. Os dados foram levantados em tr??s momentos: janeiro de 2007; julho a outubro de 2007; janeiro e fevereiro de 2008. O m??todo de an??lise dos dados coletados compreendeu tr??s etapas, ou polos cronol??gicos, de acordo com Bardin (2004). Os resultados mostram que a natureza e o processo sa??de/doen??a se entrela??am e mant??m um v??nculo constante em que a natureza ora ?? provedora de aux??lio e seguran??a, ora causadora de doen??as. Foi portanto poss??vel se verificar que a rela????o entre a natureza e o processo sa??de/doen??a se organiza num universo constitu??do de reciprocidades.The objective of the present work is to understand the view of Pau Rosa community, located in a rural area, approximately 30 km far from the city of Manaus, State of Amazonas, about the health/disease process and its relationship to nature. It is a qualitative research that is based on the presupposition that health and disease are socially and culturally built (Langdon, 1995). The fieldwork was composed of observations and collection of narratives. The data were collected in three moments: January 2007, July to October 2007, and in January/February 2008. The data analysis method had three stages or chronological poles, in agreement with Bardin (2004). The results show that nature and the health/disease process are intertwined and maintain a constant bond, in which nature sometimes provides aid and safety, sometimes it causes diseases. Therefore, it was possible to verify that the relationship between nature and the health/disease process is organized in a universe of reciprocities