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Call for paper: Childhood and adolescence
human rights, ethics, politics and epistemology
from October 1, 2024 to October 31, 2024 [see more] -
Call for papers
Reproductive health: Intersections between technology and reproduction
from September 1 to 30, 2024 [see more] -
Call for papers: Trans health, citizenship and global justice
from June 1 to 30, 2024 [see more]
The life path of Irma Carrica: An approach to the political and health debates of the 1960s and 1970s using the biographical method
Mariano Gabriel Vigo Deandreis, Manuel Fonseca
We reconstruct the life path of the Argentine nurse and popular activist Irma Carrica, understood as a political-professional experience [Read more]
Women’s rescuers network: Community support for self-managed abortion in Argentina
Gabriela Luchetti, Valeria Albardonedo, María Victoria Alfonso
The availability of medications to induce abortion, especially in contexts of restricted access, has transformed practices and allowed women and/or their community organizations to assist other women in obtaining abortions [Read more]
Commentary on the article “Metapresentiality: foundational concept of a critical theory of digital health” by Naomar de Almeida Filho
Oriol Alonso Cano, Eulàlia Hernández Encuentra
La técnica es un hacer, una actividad humana, lo cual nos remite a célebres concepciones antropológicas como antropotécnica, tal y como muchas veces plantea, por ejemplo, Peter Sloterdijk [Read more]
Hegemonies, subalternities, and possible counter-hegemonies: The case of traditional medicine of Indigenous peoples in Mexico
Eduardo L. Menéndez
A whole series of processes lead to the decrease in the use of traditional medicine by the indigenous peoples of Mexico [Read more]
Society, communication and health: Moving through the Covid-19 pandemic and beyond
Paula G. Rodríguez Zoya, Mónica Petracci, Alejandro Kaufman
The complexity, the global nature and the magnitude of the pandemic, in its epochal dimension, highlight the challenges of the relationship between society, communication and health [Read more]
Stigma in homelessness and health care: reflections from a Housing First program in Barcelona, Spain
Marta Llobet-Estany, Mercedes Serrano-Miguel, Araceli Muñoz, Adela Boixadós-Porquet, Belén Campomar
The experience of homelessness is associated with strong stigmatization processes, which are often reflected in the treatment received from professionals and the healthcare system itself. [Read more]
Do not resuscitate orders and limitation of therapeutic effort: Ethical challenges in healthcare teams in Chile
Ana López-Ávila, Edith Rivas-Riveros, Maggie Campillay-Campillay
he purpose of this paper is to delve into the ethical aspects experienced by the healthcare team when they receive the directive to limit therapeutic effort or a do-not-resuscitate order [Read more]
The empowered family: New narratives to rethink dengue prevention and control in Córdoba, Colombia
Nydia Nina Valencia Jiménez, Alba Zambrano Constanzo
This article analyzes the notion of family empowerment related to the prevention and control of dengue in Córdoba, Colombia [See more]
Digital marketing of commercial infant formula in Argentina: a digital ethnographic study
Flavia Demonte, Daniela Paola Bruno, María Celeste Nessier, María Elisa Zapata
Although evidence of the benefits of breastfeeding is widespread, there are several challenges to initiate and sustain it. Infant formula companies use marketing strategies that violate existing regulations [Read more]
Plays and practices as micropolitics in State social institutions
Hugo Spinelli
The aim of this essay is to analyze plays as a central element in the practices that construct micropolitics within the social institutions of the State [Read more]
Social media as platforms for the visibility of gender-based violence during the COVID-19 pandemic in Colombia
Doris Elena Muñoz-Zapata, Johanna Marcela Osorio-Franco
The purpose of this research is to identify predominant problematizations in Colombian feminist Instagram accounts regarding gender-based violence during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. [Read more]
Hesitation towards the COVID-19 vaccine in the United States: a digital ethnographic study
Rosalynn Adeline Vega
Following the authorization the use of COVID-19 vaccines in babies age six months through children four years old in the United States, some individuals (parents, pediatricians, and communicators) [...] expressed hesitancy and some resisted [Read more]
