Modulations between Psychology, public health and rural contexts

Abstract

This research aimed to understand how rural contexts modulate the way of looking and acting of psychologists linked to SUS in municipalities in a Health Region of Paraná. The methodology was guided by the institutionalist perspective, in the convergence between cartography and institutional analysis. For the analysis, interviews with 16 psychologists / those working in public health services in the nine municipalities of the 4th Health Region of Paraná were considered. The results were presented and discussed along three analytical axes: rural contexts: territories (not) seen; The recognition of rural contexts: perceptual modulations; The work of psychologists: modulations of performance in rural contexts. We affirm the need to recognize rural contexts, their specificities and heterogeneity, providing an exercise in modulating psychological practices in the territory.