Mulher, mãe e beneficiária: uma visão antropológica das condicionalidades do Programa Bolsa Família na cidade fabril

Abstract

This work discusses the conditionalities of the Family Grant Program in the health area. The Family Grant Program is a conditional income transfer program by the Federal Government that targets those considered vulnerable. The conditionalities of the Program are divided into the areas of education, social assistance and health, that are the focus of this work. Health conditionalities are aimed at pregnant women, nursing mothers and children, and it is obligatory the fulfillment of the conditions exposed by the Program. The research turned to monitor and try to understand how these monitoring are applied to the beneficiaries of the Program and health services by professionals. Data collection for anthropological analysis was done through informal conversations at a Family Health Unit in the city of Rio Tinto/PB. It was possible to observe a beneficiary profile of the Program where the woman is seen as solely responsible for compliance of the conditionalities imposed. The Program is evaluated positively by all the interlocutors who contributed to the research. Conditionalities are also seen positively by beneficiaries and health professionals, with a distinction in the sense of interest that results in the application of the conditions to be met.