Incorporación del enfoque intercultural en el sistema de salud peruano: la atención del parto vertical Incorporation of an intercultural approach in the Peruvian health care system: the vertical birth method
Peru has a large indigenous population (40% of the total), made of 72 distinct groups. These peoples are at a great disadvantage compared to the mestizos and other groups that are more closely connected with the dominant culture. The political and economic inequality and inequities are particularly...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:704ba6ae955141119cab05f7a514dc5f 2023-05-15T15:12:22+02:00 Incorporación del enfoque intercultural en el sistema de salud peruano: la atención del parto vertical Incorporation of an intercultural approach in the Peruvian health care system: the vertical birth method César R. Nureña 2009-10-01T00:00:00Z https://doaj.org/article/704ba6ae955141119cab05f7a514dc5f EN ES PT eng spa por Pan American Health Organization http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1020-49892009001000013 https://doaj.org/toc/1020-4989 https://doaj.org/toc/1680-5348 1020-4989 1680-5348 https://doaj.org/article/704ba6ae955141119cab05f7a514dc5f Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, Vol 26, Iss 4, Pp 368-376 (2009) diversidad cultural parto salud indígena política de salud Perú Cultural diversity birth indigenous health health policy Peru Medicine R Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 article 2009 ftdoajarticles 2022-12-31T11:58:09Z Peru has a large indigenous population (40% of the total), made of 72 distinct groups. These peoples are at a great disadvantage compared to the mestizos and other groups that are more closely connected with the dominant culture. The political and economic inequality and inequities are particularly stark with regard to health conditions. National policy and plans have not considered the indigenous peoples' values and identity, nor their right to self-determination and control of their land and resources, and even less so, their health knowledge and practices, inasmuch western "modern medicine" has been imposed upon them by the dominant culture. Since 1992, as a result of international forums and academia, as well as a growing movement in Peru to acknowledge the value of cultural diversity and the rights of indigenous peoples, Government proposals, initiatives, and programs were undertaken to incorporate and empower cultural contributions and traditional practices in a way that would not only benefit the indigenous, but also enrich, through various intercultural venues, the stock of cultural traditions and ethnic roots of the greater Peruvian society. This article explores specifically how these intercultural strategies have been rolled out in health care to institutionalize the vertical birth method in rural, predominantly indigenous, communities, and endeavors to assess the decrease in maternal mortality, as well as the difficulties encountered, and mostly overcome, by expressing multiculturalism in the health field. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic |
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Peru has a large indigenous population (40% of the total), made of 72 distinct groups. These peoples are at a great disadvantage compared to the mestizos and other groups that are more closely connected with the dominant culture. The political and economic inequality and inequities are particularly stark with regard to health conditions. National policy and plans have not considered the indigenous peoples' values and identity, nor their right to self-determination and control of their land and resources, and even less so, their health knowledge and practices, inasmuch western "modern medicine" has been imposed upon them by the dominant culture. Since 1992, as a result of international forums and academia, as well as a growing movement in Peru to acknowledge the value of cultural diversity and the rights of indigenous peoples, Government proposals, initiatives, and programs were undertaken to incorporate and empower cultural contributions and traditional practices in a way that would not only benefit the indigenous, but also enrich, through various intercultural venues, the stock of cultural traditions and ethnic roots of the greater Peruvian society. This article explores specifically how these intercultural strategies have been rolled out in health care to institutionalize the vertical birth method in rural, predominantly indigenous, communities, and endeavors to assess the decrease in maternal mortality, as well as the difficulties encountered, and mostly overcome, by expressing multiculturalism in the health field. |
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Incorporación del enfoque intercultural en el sistema de salud peruano: la atención del parto vertical Incorporation of an intercultural approach in the Peruvian health care system: the vertical birth method |
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Incorporación del enfoque intercultural en el sistema de salud peruano: la atención del parto vertical Incorporation of an intercultural approach in the Peruvian health care system: the vertical birth method |
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Incorporación del enfoque intercultural en el sistema de salud peruano: la atención del parto vertical Incorporation of an intercultural approach in the Peruvian health care system: the vertical birth method |
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