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This article aims to introduce and expand on the concept of popular feminism in Latin America based on the case of women from the favelas who are recognized for their social and political activism. To this end, we will start from feminist and decolonial epistemologies that enable us to recognize the resistances generally made invisible by the coloniality of gender and often ignored by hegemonic feminism. Methodologically, this study is based on qualitative research in which interviews were conducted with 110 women in 105 favelas throughout Rio de Janeiro. We rely mainly on their answers to the question about whether or not they consider themselves to be feminists and why. As such, we propose an expanded definition of popular feminism that is characterized by the specific subjectivity of these women, their networking, a radical commitment to the favela, and a differentiated temporality of action in the city. ; El presente artículo tiene por objeto presentar y ampliar el concepto de feminismo popular en América Latina a partir del caso de las mujeres de las favelas que son reconocidas por su activismo social y político. Para ello, nos basamos en las epistemologías feminista y descolonial que nos permiten percibir las resistencias generalmente invisibilizadas por la colonialidad de género y a menudo ignoradas por el feminismo hegemónico. Metodológicamente, este estudio se basa en una investigación cualitativa en la que se entrevistaron 110 mujeres en 105 favelas de Rio de Janeiro. Nos basamos principalmente en las respuestas a la pregunta de si se consideran o no feministas y por qué. Así, proponemos una amplia definición del feminismo popular que se caracteriza por la subjetividad específica de estas mujeres, su trabajo en red, su compromiso radical con la favela y su temporalidad diferenciada de acción en la ciudad. ; Neste artigo, temos como objetivo apresentar e ampliar o conceito de feminismo popular na América Latina a partir do caso das mulheres de favelas que são reconhecidas pelo seu ativismo social e ...

Ground was first broken in 2007 for the Açu Port, one of the largest port projects in the state of Rio de Janeiro, in the Fifth District of São João da Barra. Construction of its megastructures involved the clearing of extensive areas of restinga and the execution of a broad process of family-owned farmland expropriation by the Rio de Janeiro government. The objective of this study is to evaluate local family farmers' perceptions of change as a means to understand their interrelationship with the environment before and after the installation of the Açu Port. Data was collected using a semi-structured questionnaire that was designed to identify the positive and negative interventions related to the Açu Port in the Fifth District and local family farming systems. Two locations were selected for the sampling: Água Preta and Mato Escuro. Questionnaires were applied between May and August 2019 and a total of 105 farmers (65 in Água Preta and 40 in Mato Escuro) were enrolled in the study. The results show that local farmers believed the installation of the Açu Port directly interfered in their social, economic and environmental well-being. The main environmental and economic impacts listed by the farmers were: salinization of water used for irrigation of their plantations and the process of expropriation of their lands. The results obtained demonstrate that in addition to affecting the dynamics of São João da Barra coastal ecosystems, including the restinga and lagoons, the economic development model adopted by the Açu Port has affected the quality of life of these farmers, interfered with their agricultural areas and directly affected their social reproduction. ; A partir de 2007, um dos maiores empreendimentos portuários do estado do Rio de Janeiro, o Porto do Açu, foi implantado no 50 Distrito do município de São João da Barra. Para a construção de suas megaestruturas, extensas áreas de restinga foram suprimidas e um amplo processo de desapropriação de terras pertencentes a agricultores familiares foi conduzido ...

This study evaluates the importance of quota policies for the democratization of higher education. In a quantitative analysis, we analyzed the differences in performance between students from public and private schools in the state of São Paulo, also considering ethnic self-declarations in applications for the vestibular system of the Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). This research is part of the project School: neoliberalism, necropolitics, and the processes of resistance, which investigates data on exclusion and the social resistance classes and ethnic groups seek to establish in confronting the neoliberal policies applied to education. We examined candidates' results in the exams from 2010 to 2018 to investigate which policy determined the access of students from public schools in São Paulo to the public university. To this end, we analyzed the inclusion policies adopted by UNESP in 2010 and 2014 in contrast to the curriculum policies of the state of São Paulo, implemented under the discourse of improving public schools. We show that the percentage of vestibular candidates who attended secondary education in public schools increased from 30% in 2010 to 44% in 2018, and that this was only possible because a vacancy reservation program ensured access to these candidates. We also highlight the maintenance of performance differences between Black and white students, and the slight increase, produced by this vacancy reservation policy, in the number of Black students, who mostly come from public schools, admitted to the university. These results show that the struggle and social organization strategies of Black communities, in the consolidation of affirmative policies, are fundamental for their access to public higher education. ; El artículo presenta una evaluación de la importancia de las políticas de cuotas para la democratización de la educación superior. A partir de un análisis cuantitativo se analizan las diferencias de rendimiento entre alumnos de la escuela pública y de la escuela privada del estado ...

During the new coronavirus pandemic in Brazil, the conflicting measures of the central government denying the severity of the issue, on the one hand, and of states and municipalities obeying health and epidemiological guidelines, on the other, exacerbated the already high vulnerability of the population. The insufficient and weak healthcare infrastructure to face the pandemic has affected especially those who are victims of intense socio-spatial exclusion, such as the indigenous population. In this sense, this article seeks to describe deaths from Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in indigenous people in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil's southernmost state. It is an ecological, descriptive, and analytical study that uses an open database of deaths from SARS up until September 2021. Clusters and outliers of the indigenous population were mapped with the census sectors parameter, using the Anselin Local Moran's I model and the spatialization of demarcated indigenous lands. The relative risk of death of indigenous people compared to the white population in selected municipalities was calculated. The results indicate that deaths from SARS are disproportionate for indigenous people in clustered areas and that the relative risk of death in some municipalities with a high concentration of this population as compared to whites is especially high in the northern part of the state. Therefore, to adopt geostrategic measures to contain and repair the severe impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic is a pressing need. ; No Brasil, a conflitante diversidade entre as medidas do governo central (negação da severidade do problema) e aquelas de estados e municípios (obedecendo às orientações sanitárias e epidemiológicas) agudizou a altíssima vulnerabilidade da população. Ante à insuficiência e débil estrutura sanitária para fazer face à pandemia da Covid-19, a população indígena e outras minorias racializadas tem sofrido sobremaneira o impacto. Neste sentido, este texto busca descrever os óbitos ...

This article aims to analyze the possible theoretical contributions of the escolovan ideology to the construction of socialist pedagogy in Soviet Russia in the early twentieth century. To this end, we have the challenge of situating in time and space the reflections on the school, the changing cultural and political mentality of the population, the social, political and economic organization of Soviet Russia. In this article we carry out a theoretical excerpt of the contributions of the escanovista ideology based on the Deweyan referential, especially, his observations in locu of the Soviet educational experiences in the year of 1928. When evidencing the existing approximations between the pedagogical principles defended by the active pedagogy, of liberal inspiration, with the writings of Russian educators and Soviet statesmen, we analyze the contradictions placed in the historical context and question some of the certainties and convictions we have about the "originality" of the pedagogical proposals originating from the Russian Revolution. ; Este artículo tiene como objetivo analizar las posibles contribuciones teóricas de la ideología nueva escuela a la construcción de la pedagogía socialista en la Rusia soviética a principios del siglo XX. Para ello, tenemos el desafío de situar en el tiempo y el espacio las reflexiones sobre la escuela, la mentalidad cultural y política cambiante de la población, la organización social, política y económica de la Rusia soviética. En este artículo realizamos un extracto teórico de los aportes de la ideología de la nueva escuela a partir del referencial dewey, especialmente, sus observaciones in locu de las experiencias educativas soviéticas en el año de 1928. Al evidenciar las aproximaciones existentes entre los principios pedagógicos defendidos por la pedagogía activa, de inspiración liberal, Con los escritos de educadores rusos y estadistas soviéticos, analizamos las contradicciones ubicadas en el contexto histórico y cuestionamos algunas de las certezas y convicciones que ...

By approaching the Prata State College (Colégio Estadual da Prata) (1953) and the State Teachers' College (1960), two public secondary education institutions from Campina Grande, Paraíba, the article discusses the social prestige of both institutions, highlighting opening ceremonies and the scholars in their first decades of operation. The findings originate from articles by local newspapers and students files, available at the institutions' archive. The news coverage and political dimension of the opening ceremonies constitute strong indication of the social prestige given to the Prata State College and the State Teachers' College. About its students, they were young boys and girls from traditional families of the elite of the city and surrounding communities. Such findings allow us to consider that the trajectory of the institutions, during the analyzed period, emphasizes the tension between elitism and democratization of secondary education in the city during the decades from 1950 to 1960. ; Abordando dos instituciones públicas de enseñanza secundaria de Campina Grande, Paraíba, el Colegio Estadual de la Prata (1953) y la Escuela Normal Estadual (1960), el artículo discute el prestigio social de las dos instituciones, destacando las solemnidades de inauguración de los edificios y el alumnado de cada una de ellas, en las respectivas primeras décadas de funcionamiento. Los hallazgos provienen de materias de periódicos del estado, así como de fichas individuales de los alumnos, disponibles en los archivos de las instituciones. La cobertura periodística y la dimensión política de las solemnidades de inauguración de los edificios constituyen fuertes indicios del prestigio social del Colegio Estadual y de la Escuela Normal. Su alumnado fue constituido de chicos y chicas originarios de familias tradicionales de la elite de Campina Grande y regiones circundantes. Tales hallazgos hacen posible considerar que la trayectoria de las instituciones, en el periodo aquí analizado, evidencia la tensión entre la elitización y ...

This article demonstrates how Silvino Elvídio Carneiro da Cunha - the baron of Abiahy, an active figure of the political elite in Paraíba and representative of the conservative party, remained a monarchist until the eve of the republican proclamation and had to adhere to the new established regime, adjusting his speech involving educational reforms to remain in conditions of political control. With the Republic, some subjects from the late 19th century repositioned their ideas on central elements of instruction. These discussions, as part of the political competitions, were mainly found in newspapers and presidential reports. It is perceived an adherent and liberal conception in several moments as: defense of the instruction for the naive, ideal of Free Education and creation of night classes for the working adult public. Thus, the adherent character in the performance of the baron of Abiahy is verified, which represented the redefinition of the political game in a period characterized by the coexistence of positions in relation to the educational, political and social order. ; Este artículo demuestra cómo Silvino Elvídio Carneiro da Cunha, el barão de Abiahy, una figura activa de la élite política en Paraíba y representante del partido conservador, siguió siendo monárquico hasta la víspera de la proclamación republicana y tuvo que adherirse al nuevo régimen establecido, ajustando su discurso e ideas que implican reformas educativas para permanecer en condiciones de control político. Con la República, algunos sujetos de finales del siglo XIX reubicaron sus ideas sobre elementos centrales de la instrucción. Estas discusiones, como parte de las competencias políticas, se encontraron principalmente en periódicos e informes presidenciales. Se percibe una concepción adherente y liberal en varios momentos como: defensa de la instrucción para el ingenuo, ideal de educación gratuita y creación de clases nocturnas para el público adulto trabajador. De este modo, se verifica el carácter adherente en la actuación del barão ...

Introduction: After the outbreak of COVID-19, the dental area known by the close professional-patient contact was soon identified as a scenario of high potential for contamination by Sars-CoV-2. As a result, government decisions were taken with a view to suspending routine oral health services in several countries. However, urgent and emergency dental care needs could be maintained. Thus, the interpretation of the concepts of what could or couldn't be done in dental care raised doubts among oral health professionals in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Objective: To relate the use of the terms dental urgency and emergency in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Materials and Methods: A scope review was carried out following the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) methodology. Articles published in Portuguese, English and Spanish on the MEDLINE/PubMed, SCOPUS (Elsevier), Web of Science and EMBASE (Elsevier) platforms were considered. Results: 959 studies were located and 48 of them were included. The results found demonstrate that many definitions are repeated by the authors in the use of the terms dental urgency and dental emergency. Conclusion: The concept and application of the terminologies dental urgency and dental emergency are not yet fully consolidated by academics and oral health professionals, being often used as synonyms. This fact makes its interpretation and standardization difficult in scientific studies, in addition to triggering possible harm to services that adopt classification of cases according to a severity scale, recommended by various health agencies, especially the Ministry of Health in Brazil. ; Introdução: Após o surto da COVID-19, a área odontológica conhecida pelo contato próximo profissional-paciente, logo foi identificada como um cenário de alto potencial de contaminação pelo Sars-CoV-2. Com isso, decisões governamentais foram tomadas com vistas à paralisação dos serviços de rotina de saúde bucal em diversos países. No entanto, as necessidades odontológicas de atendimento de urgência ...

Objetivo: analisar as infrações relacionadas à abertura de processos éticos disciplinares contra os profissionais de enfermagem no estado de Alagoas, Brasil. Método: trata-se de um estudo documental, exploratório, retrospectivo com análise quantitativa, realizado no Conselho Regional de Enfermagem de Alagoas, de novembro de 2020 a janeiro de 2021. Através da consulta ao processo físico, com auxílio de roteiro de coleta, os dados foram analisados por estatística descritiva. Resultados: foram analisados 68 processos éticos de 2009 a 2020. Destacam-se as infrações referente a relações interprofissionais (37,03%) e negligências (20,99%), a penalidade mais aplicada foi a advertência verbal (42,22%) e o denunciante principal foi o Conselho Regional de Enfermagem de Alagoas (27,94%). Conclusão: é necessário enfatizar as questões pertinentes às infrações pelos núcleos de educação permanente, para fortalecer a comunicação entre os profissionais. A pesquisa contribui para dar visibilidade aos processos éticos enfrentados pelos profissionais de enfermagem. ; Objective: to analyze the infringements related to the opening of disciplinary ethical processes against Nursing professionals in the state of Alagoas, Brazil. Method: this is a documentary, exploratory and retrospective study with quantitative analysis, carried out at the Regional Nursing Council of Alagoas, from November 2020 to January 2021. By consulting the physical process, with the aid of a collection script, the data were analyzed using descriptive statistics. Results: 68 ethical processes were analyzed from 2009 to 2020. The infringements referring to interprofessional relationships (37.03%) and negligence (20.99%) stand out; the most applied penalty was verbal warning (42.22%) and the main complainant was the Regional Nursing Council of Alagoas (27.94%). Conclusion: it is necessary to emphasize the issues related to the infringements by the permanent education centers, to strengthen communication between the professionals. The research contributes to giving ...

The paper contrasts the government accountability in the financing of K-12 education in Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay. It describes the countries' specificities in two periods with distinct government political lines: the 1990s, with the adoption of policies with a neoliberal matrix, and the period from 2000 to 2014, with the enactment of progressist policies for expansion of public expense in the three Latin American States. The topics presented in the comparative analysis represent the priorities of the state action regarding education, such as the right to it, compulsory and free education, public resources aimed to education, accountability between spheres and instances of government, and public expense. Each topic was analyzed in view of the situations of maintenance, redefinition, or partial redefinition concerning the two historical periods. The most usual situation in these countries was the redefinition of compulsory education, the change for higher in the references for expense in education, as well as renegotiations in the distribution of accountability between national and subnational governments in Argentina and Brazil.

This work aimed to evaluate social vulnerability based on population characteristics as a means of indicating the possible intra-urban spaces with greater chances of dispersion and contagion by COVID-19. From variables that explain social characteristics and amplify the vulnerability of individuals, information from IBGE was selected, treated by factor analysis and mapped, according to an adaptation of the methodology developed by the Center for Social Studies in Coimbra. The scale of coverage chosen was that of census sectors, based on three municipalities in the state of RS/BR. The analysis resulted in 21 variables that make it possible to classify five dimensions of vulnerability, indicating the places where prevention actions to the contagion should be more incisive, given the population characteristics, and the vulnerability of urban peripheries was evidenced. The grouping of information expressed social dimensions that denote auxiliary aspects in the understanding of territory and social vulnerability on a local scale. The methodology demonstrated can be easily adopted in different scales and regions. This study will enable decisions to be taken in order to avoid contagion, and to provide information to support the development of plans for the gradual resumption of economic and social activities. ; Este trabajo pretendía evaluar la vulnerabilidad social a partir de las características de la población como medio para indicar los posibles espacios intraurbanos con mayores posibilidades de dispersión y contagio por COVID-19. A partir de las variables que explican las características sociales y amplían la vulnerabilidad de los individuos, se seleccionó la información del IBGE, se trató mediante análisis factorial y se mapeó, según una adaptación de la metodología desarrollada por el Centro de Estudios Sociales de Coimbra. La escala de cobertura elegida fue la de los sectores censales, basada en tres municipios del estado de RS/BR. El análisis resultó en 21 variables que permiten clasificar cinco dimensiones de ...

As Unidades de Conservação da Natureza (UCs) são territórios instituídos pelo Estado brasileiro. Envolvem relações de poder relacionadas ao controle dos recursos naturais. A Educação Ambiental (EA) é posta como uma estratégia de interlocução com os agentes envolvidos na territorialização da UC. A EA, na perspectiva de um campo social, apresenta três macrotendências político-pedagógicas: crítica, conservacionista e pragmática. Foram investigadas 254 UCs federais, com o objetivo de articular os modelos de regulação dos territórios de UCs com as territorialidades da EA. Constatou-se que apesar da existência de uma diretriz institucional única, as UCs do grupo de Proteção Integral apresentam uma inclinação para a concepção político-pedagógica conservacionista, ao passo que as UCs do grupo de Uso Sustentável tendem para a concepção político-pedagógica crítica. Isso representa que diferentes formas de territorialização das UCs, são propensas a determinadas concepções político-pedagógicas de EA, independente da diretriz institucional. ; The Nature Conservation Units (CUs) are territories established by the Brazilian State. They involve power relations related to the control of natural resources. The Environmental Education (EE) is placed as a strategic dialogue with the agents involved with the CU territorialization. The EE, from the perspective of a social field, presents three macro-trends of political-pedagogical conceptions: the critical one, the conservationist one and the pragmatic one. An amount of 254 federal UCs were investigated through online questionnaires, aiming at articulating the patterns of regulation of UCs territories with the territorialities of EE practices. It was verififed that despite the existence of an unique institutional guideline, the CUs related to the Integral Protection Group presented an inclination towards the critical conservationist political-pedagogical conception, whereas the CUs of the Sustainable Use tended towards the critical political-pedagogical conception. This means that different forms of UCs territorialization tend to certain political-pedagogical conception of EE, regardless the institutional guidelines. ; Les unités de conservation de la nature (UCs) sont des territoires créés par l'État brésilien pour protéger les ressources naturelles et promouvoir le développement socio-environnemental. Ils impliquent les relations de pouvoir liés au contrôle des ressources naturelles. L'Edication Environnementale (EE) est présentée comme un stratégie d'interlocution avec les agents impliqués dans la territorialisation de l'UC. L'EE, du point de vue d'un champ social, présente trois macro-tendances de conceptions politico-pédagogiques: critique, conservationniste et pragmatique. Ont été examinés 254 UCs fédérales visant à articuler les modèles de réglementation des territoires des UCs avec les territorialités des pratiques d'EE. On a vérifié que malgré l'existence d'une unique directive institutionelle, l'UCS du groupe Protection Intégrale (PI) présentaient un tendance vers la conception politico-pédagogique de la conservation, alors que les UCs du groupe Utilisation durable (UD) tendaient vers la conception politico-pédagogique critique. Cela signifie que différentes formes de territorialisation sont soumises à certaines conceptions politico-pédagogiques de l'EE, au détriment de la ligne directrice institutionnelle.

Objective: to describe the councilmen's knowledge about the use of alcohol and the repercussions on the users' health. Method: a descriptive study, with a qualitative approach, developed in the City Council of a municipality in the extreme north of Brazil, in the Amazon region. The data was obtained through an interview with a semi-structured script, processed in the IRaMuTeQ software and analyzed in the word cloud, through the analysis of similarity and the Descending Hierarchical Classification, through the dendrogram. Results: the highlighted word was "no", demonstrating a disapproval, by the legislators, about the use of alcohol by the population and the negative repercussions on the users' health, as well as a limitation of scientific and technical knowledge about the theme, exposing, in the majority, ideas that are only common sense and in a generalized way. Conclusion: it points out the need to create a parliamentary training center in order to implement effective policies for the alcohol using population. ; Objetivo: describir el conocimiento que tienen los concejales acerca del uso del alcohol y sus repercusiones sobre la salud de los usuarios. Método: estudio descriptivo, de abordaje cualitativo, desarrollado en la Cámara de Concejales de un municipio en el extremo norte de Brasil, en la región Amazónica. Los datos fueron obtenidos por medio de una entrevista con guión semiestructurado, procesados en el software IRaMuTeQ que analiza la nube de palabras, es un análisis de similitud y Clasificación Jerárquica Descendente, a través de dendograma. Resultados: la palabra destacada fue "no", demostrando la desaprobación de los legisladores sobre el uso de alcohol por la población y las repercusiones negativas sobre la salud de los usuarios, así como una limitación de conocimiento científico y técnico acerca de la temática, exponiendo, en la mayoría, ideas que son apenas de sentido común y de manera generalizada. Conclusión: apunta la necesidad de crear un núcleo de capacitación parlamentar con el objetivo de ...

Nas últimas décadas o Brasil vive uma encruzilhada civilizatória, a corrida por recursos naturais no período do capitalismo avançado neoliberal têm acentuado um processo extrativo violento, de invasão e de espoliação dos territórios indígenas. O objetivo deste texto é analisar o pluriverso das lutas territoriais pela demarcação das terras e defesa dos territórios indígenas no Brasil. O delineamento metodológico consistiu em realizar uma categorização e mapeamento da situação fundiária das terras indígenas do Brasil. Atualmente o governo bio/necropolítico atua para expansão e ampliação dos territórios corporativos do agronegócio globalizado ao realizar um ataque às terras indígenas, anulando políticas públicas, dispositivos administrativos e legislativos de defesa dos povos e interditando a demarcação das terras. Os povos indígenas lutam pela efetivação de seus direitos pelos dispositivos jurídicos e normativos na Constituição Federal de 1988, da Convenção de 169 da Organização Internacional do Trabalho (OIT), e em ações de retomadas. ; En los últimos decenios el Brasil ha experimentado una encrucijada civilizatoria, la carrera por los recursos naturales en el período del capitalismo neoliberal avanzado ha acentuado un violento proceso de extracción, invasión y expolio de los territorios indígenas. El objetivo de este texto es analizar las multifacéticas luchas territoriales por la demarcación de la tierra y la defensa de los territorios indígenas en Brasil. El diseño metodológico consistió en llevar a cabo una categorización y un mapeo de la situación de las tierras indígenas en el Brasil. Actualmente, el gobierno bio/necropolítico actúa para ampliar y expandir los territorios corporativos del agronegocio globalizado, realizando un ataque a las tierras indígenas, anulando las políticas públicas, los dispositivos administrativos y legislativos de defensa de los pueblos e interdictando la demarcación de las tierras. Los pueblos indígenas luchan para que sus derechos se hagan efectivos mediante las disposiciones legales y normativas de la Constitución Federal de 1988, el Convenio 169 de la Organización Internacional del Trabajo (OIT) y en las acciones de recuperacion. ; In recent decades Brazil has experienced a crossroads of civilization, the race for natural resources in the period of advanced neoliberal capitalism has accentuated a violent process of extraction, invasion and despoliation of indigenous territories. The aim of this text is to analyse the multifaceted territorial struggles for land demarcation and defence of indigenous territories in Brazil. The methodological design consisted in carrying out a categorization and mapping of the land situation of indigenous lands in Brazil. Currently, the bio/necropolitical government is working to expand and expand the corporate territories of globalized agribusiness by carrying out an attack on indigenous lands, annulling public policies, administrative and legislative devices for the defense of peoples, and interdicting the demarcation of lands. The indigenous peoples are fighting for their rights to be made effective by the legal and normative provisions of the 1988 Federal Constitution, the 169th Convention of the International Labor Organization (ILO), and in actions to regain them.

Introduction: Protozoa and helminths cause enteroparasitoses, which constitute an important public health issue. Preschoolers and school children, who do not have a fully developed immune system, are more vulnerable to contamination by intestinal parasites because they are more exposed to risk factors, such as poor hygiene habits and crowding in closed places. The most common parasites affecting this age group include Giardia lamblia, Ascaris lumbricoides, Trichuris trichiura, and hookworms. Objectives: To evaluate the prevalence of intestinal parasites in preschoolers, school children, sandboxes of government schools in the city of Sinop – state of Mato Grosso (MT). Methods: This cross sectional, quantitative study with an experimental design was carried out from July 2015 to September 2016 and included preschoolers and school children aged 3 to 12 years, chosen by convenience sampling from government schools in the school district of the city of Sinop – MT; four schools were in the central region of Sinop, whereas seven schools, attended by children living in the suburban and rural areas, were far from the city center. Fecal samples were collected by the children's family and sent to the schools, from where they were transported to the laboratory for parasitological examination. Sand samples were collected from sandboxes in the play areas of the schools. More specifically,100 g of sand was collected by scraping one of the four quadrants or the center of the sandbox surface or deeper into the sandbox, totaling 10 samples/box. The parasitological methods spontaneous sedimentation described by Hoffmann, active migration described by Rugai, centrifugal-spontaneous flotation described by Faust, and spontaneous flotation described by Willis were used to analyze the fecal and sand samples. Results: A total of 646 fecal samples obtained from preschoolers and school children aged 3 to 12 years were evaluated; 21.05% of the samples tested positive for intestinal parasites. As for the sand samples, 100% tested positive ...