Cleansing the world of the germ of laziness: hygiene, sanitation, and the Javanese population in Suriname / Limpando o mundo do germe da preguiça: higiene, saneamento e população javanesa no Suriname
Hist. ciênc. saúde-Manguinhos
; Hist. ciênc. saúde-Manguinhos;21(4): 1437-1455, Oct-Dec/2014.
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ABSTRACT
In 1915 the Rockefeller Foundation took its hookworm eradication campaign to Suriname, but was soon disappointed because of opposition from its main target group the Javanese. Moreover, authorities and planters objected to the construction of latrines because of the costs and their belief that the Javanese were “unhygienic”. In describing the labor migration from Java to Suriname, I show that this “lack of hygiene” was closely related to the system’s organization. I argue that uncleanliness was the consequence of harmful socio-economic and ecological conditions. Secondly I suggest that even though the Foundation did not manage to cleanse Suriname of hookworm, its educational efforts, its emphasis on prevention, and its training of local health workers probably had more impact than Rockefeller officials thought.
RESUMO
Em 1915, a Fundação Rockefeller levou sua campanha de erradicação da ancilostomíase ao Suriname, logo sofrendo a oposição de seu principal alvo, os javaneses. Autoridades e proprietários rurais também reagiram à instalação de latrinas devido aos custos implicados e à crença de que os javaneses eram “anti-higiênicos”. Ao descrever a migração de trabalhadores de Java para o Suriname, mostro que a “falta de higiene” ligava-se à organização do sistema. Argumento que a sujeira era consequência de condições ecológicas e socioeconômicas danosas. Sugiro ainda que, embora a Fundação não tenha livrado o Suriname da anciolostomíase, seus esforços educacionais, sua ênfase na prevenção e o treinamento de profissionais de saúde locais tiveram maior impacto do que o imaginado pelos funcionários da agência norte-americana.
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01-internacional
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LILACS
Main subject:
Pyrimidines
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Histamine Agonists
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Dimaprit
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Enzyme Inhibitors
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Folic Acid Antagonists
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Histamine N-Methyltransferase
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Analgesics
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Animals
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America do sul
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Caribe ingles
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Suriname
Language:
En
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Hist. ciênc. saúde-Manguinhos
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SAUDE PUBLICA
Year:
2014
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Article
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