Tensiones en torno a la (des)nutrición en poblaciones indígenas y criollas en Salta, Argentina, desde una perspectiva antropológica

Bibliographic Data

ID15530834
AuthorsPatricia Leavy (0000-0002-0712-7480, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, corresponding author)
Year2022
Volume18
Pagese3839-e3839
Publication date2022-02-08
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSalud Colectiva (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1669-2381 • E-ISSN: 1851-8265
PublisherInstituto de Salud Colectiva, Universidad Nacional de Lanús (PUBLISHER • AR)
DOI10.18294/sc.2022.3839
PMID35896312
OpenAlexW4210838565
LanguageES
Citations received3
References cited16

This article analyzes the ways in which malnutrition is related to land access, labor conditions, ethnic and gender relations, and the social and cultural organization of child care in rural and peri-urban contexts in Orán, Salta, Argentina. Research was conducted from an ethnographic approach in which qualitative and quantitative techniques were used with ava-guaraní, kolla, wichí and white populations who were patients of Salta's Primary Health Care Program (PROAPS) between 2010 and 2016. Although child malnutrition is cast as an "indigenous problem" by certain health personnel and public officials, cases of malnutrition were observed in white children, while there were no positive diagnoses of malnutrition among children living in communities with territorial recognition. Access to rural land, even without title deeds, enables food self-production and allows access to more stable housing and working conditions. The violation of indigenous populations' territorial rights are a determining factor in understanding nutritional deficits among children

Art · Humanities · Political science · Child Nutrition and Water Access · Indigenous Cultures and History · Indigenous Health and Education