title: [Thinking health under the perspective of Brazilian immigrants living in Portugal].
abstract: This study aimed at determining the social representations on health and immigrants constructed by Brazilians. Samples consisted of one hundred Brazilian male and female immigrants living in Lisbon, Portugal. The technique of free evocation, which uses as inductive words "health "and "immigrant", were used for data collection. Data were submitted to analyses using the software EVOC (Ensemble de Programmes Permettant L'analyse des Evocations). We detected the presence of the psycho-affective and social-interaction dimensions as to health, whereas as to "immigrant", individuals related it to a difficult experience that generates pain, prejudice, and homesickness, where the love for the family are the reason to immigrate to obtain better life conditions.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia, Brasil. jpadelaide@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Maria Adelaide Silva
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Paredes Moreira
authors.forename: Antonia Oliveira
authors.initials: AO
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.forename: Maria do Socorro Costa
authors.initials: Mdo S
authors.lastname: Feitosa Alves
authors.forename: Jorge Correia
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Jesuino
authors.forename: Luiz Fernando Rangel
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Tura
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001938:Brazil / Q000208:ethnology; D005260:Female; D006262:Health; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014171:Transients and Migrants / Q000523:psychology*