Social Technologies
The theme addresses lines of research in graduate programs with grades 6, 5 and 4 in CAPES 2013-2016 quadrennial assessment, grades which confer international and national excellence to the referred programs. The theme’s interdisciplinary feature is evident, given the articulation of several graduate programs (Geography, Nursing, Sociology, Tropical Marine Sciences, Pharmaceutical Sciences and Law) represented in the projects by research groups of excellence and consolidated experience in the coordination of international projects. The integration among these groups generates impacts on UFC’s internationalization level. One of the proposal’s focuses is the assessment of the communities’ vulnerability in the context of climate change, aiming at the elaboration of strategies which assure water, food and energy safety, as a territorial strategy for the sustainable exploitation of natural resources. The projects aim at developing integrated actions of sustainability and governance, with a focus on projects of renewable energies, social technologies and health promotion. With respect to health promotion, the main strategy is the use of technologies to offer and improve health among individuals in different ages who need health care and education, creating environments which are favourable to health, strengthening community actions, development of personal abilities and reorientation of health services. Such technologies have been investigated by members of the project with a focus on the health of less privileged groups, such as children with problems in their sleeping behavior, who present a higher risk of obesity, depression and anxiety; risk behavior; people with disabilities, cancer, HIV-aids, diabetes, hypertension or cardiovascular diseases.
