La emergencia de la diabetes en una comunidad tapiete de Salta

Género, etnicidad y relaciones con el sistema de salud

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ID15530930
AuthorsHirsch (0000-0002-6086-085X, National University of General San Martín, corresponding author), Verónica Alonso (0000-0002-5080-8986, National University of Mar del Plata)
Year2020
Volume16
Pagese2760-e2760
Publication date2020-09-19
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.2020.2760
PMID33147391
OpenAlexW3088903050
LanguageES
Citations received5
References cited14

In Argentina, the presence of diabetes and other chronic diseases among indigenous populations has not yet been sufficiently studied. This article is the result of an ethnographic study of the sociocultural and gender determinants that are involved in diabetes care and prevention processes among the Tapiete people in the province of Salta. The research combined participant observation and interviews both with adult men and women diagnosed with diabetes and with nurses and doctors at a primary care center in Misión Los Tapietes and at a hospital in Tartagal between August and September of 2019. The growing presence of diabetes has been observed in the community, along with a lack of articulation of social and health interventions with native practices of health-disease-care, as well as problems in communicating diagnosis and treatment options, intensified by difficulties regarding access to the healthcare system. The article examines the complexity of the epidemiological transition, meanings of chronic disease for men and women, the traumatic emergence of diabetes, and difficulties in exercising the right to health among indigenous populations

Art · Geography · Humanities · Political science · Obesity and Health Practices · Public Health and Social Inequalities

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