Polo de saúde de Teresina: modificações socioespaciais na rua Primeiro de Maio (Centro/Sul)

Abstract

This paper addresses the theme of the geographical space phenomenon, focusing on its aspects as to their transformations within the municipality of Teresina, Piauí, in the central area of the city delimited as the Health Pole, in view of the existence of a great demand for medical/hospital services and that attract people from other states of the federation in search of care. Therefore, the research problem is based on the following question: how do health services contribute to the socio-spatial transformations of Primeiro de Maio Street (Center/South), in the city of Teresina (PI)? Thus, the present work addresses the production of space in Primeiro de Maio Street having as a general objective to analyze the socio-spatial transformations resulting from the implementation of health services in the period from 2015 to 2020. As specific objectives, it was established: to identify the modifications in the space of the stretch under study resulting from the implementation of health services; to detect the economic activities present in Primeiro de Maio Street (Center/South) of Teresina-PI; and to characterize the profile of the consumer population of the services provided in the study area. This research is justified by the need to broaden the debate about health services in the central area of Teresina, since a significant part of the city's GDP comes from health-related services. In this sense, to reach the objectives, we carried out bibliographic research, field research and application of questionnaires, performing analyses regarding the perception of consumers about the spatial production caused by commercial activities. The results obtained demonstrated that the dynamics of the Health Hub favors the appearance of new commercial establishments that also modify the socioeconomic structure of the research area, providing a new spatial and socioeconomic organization of the same.