Differentiated Primary Healthcare in the Pataxó Indigenous Communities in Bahia, Brazil: Polyphonic Ethnography of Healthcare Practices from an Intercultural Perspective

Leo Pedrana and Leny Alves Bomfim Trad
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Leo Pedrana: Instituto de Saúde Coletiva (ISC), Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA), Salvador 40110-040, BA, Brazil
Leny Alves Bomfim Trad: Instituto de Saúde Coletiva (ISC), Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA), Salvador 40110-040, BA, Brazil

Social Sciences, 2022, vol. 11, issue 5, 1-10

Abstract: A lack of culturally appropriate healthcare is a common problem for colonial nations, and this can explain the different patterns of health in indigenous populations worldwide. Our study is the first ethnography realized with the neglected Pataxó indigenous people from the south of the state of Bahia, Brazil, that analyzes the representations and practices of “differentiated” public healthcare. The polysemic conceptualization and polymorphism of the healthcare practices highlight some spontaneous intercultural competences, particularly those of the indigenous professionals, within the hegemony of non-indigenous health knowledge and the lack of awareness of intercultural healthcare. Intercultural training and empowerment still remain a priority.

Keywords: indigenous health; cultural competence; primary healthcare; ethnography; Brazil (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A B N P Y80 Z00 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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