A saúde infantil na Revista Hygia (Rio Grande do Sul, 1931)

Abstract

In “Child health in Revista Hygia (Rio Grande do Sul, 1931)”, our objective is to discuss what were the concerns and proposals regarding child health present in Revista Hygia – Popular Monthly Magazine of Medicine and Health Education in 1930s, considering the growing concerns about children's health in this context. The magazine was launched in May 1928 in the capital of the State of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, under the direction of important figures in the health scene, such as Ulysses de Nonohay. The publication aimed to provide readers with education focused on basic health care and hygiene, covering topics such as childhood health, motherhood and disease treatment, thus contributing to medical practices of the period. In dialogue with the history of health and the social history of childhood, this work will discuss, through historiography, the concerns of doctors and government officials with child health in Brazil and Rio Grande do Sul in the early 1930s. , will present the Hygia Magazine, exploring general aspects of its construction and particularities of its publications. Finally, to achieve the research objective, the magazine's publications that address childhood health will be analyzed and discussed more clearly.