Sociocultural dynamics that influence Chagas disease health care in Colombia

Adriana Gisela Martínez-Parra, Maria Yaneth Pinilla-Alfonso and César Ernesto Abadía-Barrero

Social Science & Medicine, 2018, vol. 215, issue C, 142-150

Abstract: Chagas disease (CD) is a Latin America endemic and neglected tropical disease that affects primarily poor people living in rural areas. Its current low profile leads to many diagnostic, treatment, and control challenges. This study aimed to identify and characterize the sociocultural dynamics that influence CD health care in Colombia.

Keywords: Health care reform; Health care services; Medical anthropology; Medical knowledge; Vector borne diseases (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2018.09.012

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