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The perception of xerente indigenous about systemic arterial hypertension, in Tocantins

Objective: The study aimed to understand the perception of Xerente people about systemic arterial hypertension (SAH). Method: Field research with qualitative ethnography approach, with 29 hypertensive Xerente indigenous. Results: Based on data, it resulted in two categories: “High blood pressure by the perception of indigenous” and “The meaning of food for indigenous”. Conclusion: the emergence of SAH for Xerente people is recent and it is related to changes in lifestyle. Despite not knowing how to conceptualize the disease, indigenous related about symptoms and changes that they noticed in their body. It is necessary that health professionals act with sensibility and being open to listening and knowledge exchange, in order to attend indigenous people needs and respect their cultural values.

The perception of xerente indigenous about systemic arterial hypertension, in Tocantins

Urheber*in: Rodrigues, Karoline Nunes; Santos, Nayane de Sousa Silva

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Alternative title
A percepção do indígena xerente sobre a hipertensão arterial sistêmica, no Tocantins
La percepción de lo indígena xerente acerca de la hipertensión arterial sistémica, en Tocantins
ISSN
2175-5361
Extent
Seite(n): 4549-4562
Language
Englisch
Notes
Status: Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)

Bibliographic citation
Revista de Pesquisa: Cuidado é Fundamental Online, 8(2)

Subject
Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie
Medizin und Gesundheit
Ethnologie, Kulturanthropologie, Ethnosoziologie
Medizin, Sozialmedizin
Brasilien
Südamerika
ethnische Gruppe
indigene Völker
Gesundheitsverhalten
Gesundheit
Bewusstsein
Lebensstil
Gesundheitsvorsorge
Gesundheitserziehung

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Rodrigues, Karoline Nunes
Santos, Nayane de Sousa Silva
Event
Veröffentlichung
(when)
2016

DOI
URN
urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-53740-8
Rights
GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften. Bibliothek Köln
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Object type

  • Zeitschriftenartikel

Associated

  • Rodrigues, Karoline Nunes
  • Santos, Nayane de Sousa Silva

Time of origin

  • 2016

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