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0337/2016 - Historical and cultural aspects of the provision of care in a service of indigenous healthcare
Aspectos culturais e históricos na produção do cuidado em um serviço de atenção à saúde indígena

Author:

• Aridiane Alves Ribeiro - Ribeiro, Aridiane Alves - Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul - <aridianeribeiro@gmail.com>

Co-author(s):

• Dulce Maria Rosa Gualda - Gualda, Dulce Maria Rosa - Universidade de Sao Paulo Escola de Enfermagem - <drgualda@usp.br>
• Cássia Irene Spinelii Arantes - Arantes, Cássia Irene Spinelii - Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos, Enfermagem - <arantes@ufscar.br>
• Lídia Aparecida Rossi - Rossi, Lídia Aparecida - Universidade de Sao Paulo Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirao Preto - <rizzardo@eerp.usp.br>

Thematic Area:

Ciências Sociais

Abstract:

This case study aimed to interpret the historical and cultural aspects of the provision of care in a service of indigenous healthcare. This study is interpretative qualitative research. The investigation was developed at Support House to Indians – CASAI at Mato Grosso do Sul State, Brazil, in 2012. The data were collected by means systematic observation, semi-structured interviews and documentary analyses. Ten workers participated in the study. Social Anthropology and Health Anthropology guided the interpretative analysis was used in the light of. The concepts of social code and ethnocentrism underpinned the interpretative analysis. Two categories were identified: CASAI, a space between the street and the village; Ethnocentrism and the care in indigenous health. The healthcare and the social code of the space are influenced by each other. In the social space in study, the social code is that onethe street. The organization of CASAI and the valorization of biological body by healthcare providers are determinants to provision of care under the social codethe street. The conceptions of health workers reveal evidences of ethnocentrism. The healthcare providers, however, try to practice a relativized look/posture during the care provided to indigenous people at CASAI.

Keywords:

HealthcareHealth of Indigenous PeoplesSocial CodeEthnocentrism

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Ribeiro, Aridiane Alves, Gualda, Dulce Maria Rosa, Arantes, Cássia Irene Spinelii, Rossi, Lídia Aparecida. Historical and cultural aspects of the provision of care in a service of indigenous healthcare. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2016/Jul). [Citado em 21/01/2025]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/historical-and-cultural-aspects-of-the-provision-of-care-in-a-service-of-indigenous-healthcare/15763?id=15763



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