Abstract

SOUSA, Jean Carlo Laughton de; CAMBRAIA, Rosana Passos  and  PRAT, Bernat Vinolas. Method for evaluating the quality of life of quilombolos in Brazil. Econ. soc. territ [online]. 2017, vol.17, n.55, pp.647-682. ISSN 2448-6183.  https://doi.org/10.22136/est2017881.

Quilombo communities (former slaves) formed small villages in inaccessible places in order to live in freedom. These communities have very precarious levels of social, environmental, and public health. The objective of this paper is to create a multicriteria evaluation method to calculate the quality of life of these quilombo communities with regard to health, environment, and education. This evaluation allows to define the scale of the situation in these communities and prioritize public policies. Later, this index will be used in three quilombo communities to validate a multicriteria evaluation method.

Keywords : quality of life; social determinants of health; environment and public health; multicriteria analysis.