Permanent health education for managers as a tool to combat institutional racism in a Northeastern Brazilian municipality
Matheus Guirra Martins Ferreira, Gilmar Mercês de Jesus, Etna Kaliane Pereira da Silva, Victor Bertino Silva, Mariana Costa da Silva
This article discusses the experience of a permanent health education initiative focused on institutional racism with health professionals from the Brazilian Unified Health System (SUS) [Read more]
Living with psychotropic drugs: A community photovoice study in people with high treatment adherence in Southeastern Spain
Francisco Martínez-Granados, Erica Briones-Vozmediano, Elena Ronda
Adherence to psychopharmacological treatment essentially involves a process of meaning-making. [Read more]
Perceptions of pediatric service professionals on the “Brief Anti-Alcohol Counseling in Pediatric Age” intervention in Asturias, Spain
Ángel Alonso-Domínguez, Sonia Otero-Estévez, Rocío Pérez-Gañán
The aim of this study, based on health care and social learning theories, is to understand the degree of implementation and reach of the “Brief Anti-Alcohol Counseling in Pediatric Age” protocol... [Read more]
Challenges for cultural relevance of physical therapy in the care of the Mapuche population in Chile
Mónica Manríquez-Hizaut, Trinidad Martínez-Campos, Nicolás Lagos-Gallardo, Jame Rebolledo-Sanhueza
Physical therapy rehabilitation must address the cultural preferences of the population, and as its main tool, physical activity should be analyzed from an intercultural health approach [Read more]
Covid-19 and Diaguita communities: structural inequalities and (inter)community strategies in the Santa María department (Catamarca, Argentina)
Luciana García Guerreiro
The aim was to investigate and analyze the social, health, and economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on Indigenous communities in the province of Catamarca (Argentina) [Read more]
Geographies of (dis)protection: Sketches in anti-racist mental health
Jeannette del Carmen Tineo Durán
This essay explores the affective maps or emotional archives of racialized communities in Spain, specifically focusing on the Caribbean Afro-diaspora in Madrid [Read 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]
