Thesis (Ph. D.)--York University, 1999. Graduate Programme in Psychology. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 133-143). Also available on the Internet. MODE OF ACCESS via web browser by entering the following URL: http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/yorku/fullcit?pNQ39296.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-28T14:16:21Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Victor Grindler.pdf: 642098 bytes, checksum: 0f51757b20703cb88e66dc30445fb92f (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-03-02 / The present study analyzes topics of public health interest at a time when new ideas in this field were developed in São Paulo, using the children s playgrounds, in the period from 1935 to 1938, as study case. The hypothesis underpinning this study is that within the Brazilian public health setting in the 1930s, public spaces, like the children s playgrounds, provided the scenario for actions aiming at the prevention of disease and promotion of health. Three different agendas could be identified as underlying the establishment of children s playgrounds in São Paulo: the one by the group around Paulo Duarte and Mário de Andrade pursued cultural and national identity interests. The second was prominently concerned with hygienic matters and corresponded to the ideals of the so-called Paula Souza Reform . Finally, the third agenda was the one of Nicanor Miranda, the director of the Division of Education and Recreation, which was based on a new and broad-scoped concept of physical education / O presente estudo analisa questões de interesse sanitário, num período em que novas concepções no campo da saúde pública eram desenvolvidas em São Paulo, tomando os parques infantis, entre 1935 e 1938, como estudo de caso. A hipótese norteadora desse estudo é que, dentro do contexto da saúde pública no Brasil, emergente na década de 1930, espaços públicos, tais como os parques infantis, tornaram-se um cenário para ações de prevenção de doenças e de promoção da saúde. Nesse sentido, três projetos diferentes puderam ser identificados à base do estabelecimento dos parques infantis de São Paulo: um como foco cultural e identitário, formulado pelo grupo ligado a Paulo Duarte e Mário de Andrade, um segundo com interesse eminente sanitário, correspondente aos ideias da chamada Reforma Paula Souza , e um terceiro, formulado pelo diretor da Divisão de Educação e Recreios, Nicanor Miranda, baseado num novo conceito, ampliado, da educação física.