Subcampos e espaços na Saúde Coletiva: fronteiras e integração.

Abstract

This essay discusses some aspects of the integration between subfields of Public Health, seeking to identify obstacles and possibilities in this regard. Provide a brief analysis of the emergence and development of subfields in Public Health and brings together indications on movements aimed at integration between areas, as well as their various disputes. Summarizes theoretical propositions and practical initiatives aimed at interdisciplinarity, such as also theoretical-conceptual developments. Based on Bourdieu's sociology, it formulates a hypothesis according to which, like other social fields, the subfields of Public Health constituted themselves as autonomous microcosms in which border disputes dominate and have its roots in historical and social processes. Furthermore, obstacles related to with the incorporation of specialized knowledge and the acquisition of habitus of the subfields. This essay also discusses the possibilities of integration as a product of collective processes within Public Health.