RESEARCH ARTICLE


Conceptions About Health and Care Practices of Black Men from a Quilombola Community



Anderson Reis de Sousa1, *
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, Thiago da Silva Santana2
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, Heron Silva Caldas Santos3
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, Oscar Javier Vergara Escobar4
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, Angélica Isabel Romero Daza5
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, Evanilda Souza de Santana Carvalho2
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, Edson de Andrade Nhamuave6
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, Climene de Camargo1
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1 Nursing School of the Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Brazil
2 State University of Feira de Santana, Feira de Santana, Bahia, Brazil
3 Maria Milza College, Mangabeira, Bahia, Brazil
4 Fundación Universitaria Juan N Corpas, Bogotá, Colômbia
5 Popular University of Cesar, Valledupar, Colômbia
6 Ministério da Educação e Desenvolvimento Humano, Moçambique


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Abstract

Introduction:

Universal health coverage will be guaranteed to all individuals, safeguarding the rights of traditional communities, as in the quilombola population, respecting the dimensions of interculturality, gender and ethnicity.

Objective:

The aim of this study is to describe the conceptions of health and health care practices of Afro-Brazilian men from a quilombola community.

Methods:

This was a qualitative descriptive study conducted with Afro-Brazilian men from a quilombola community in Bahia, Brazil, where there is a significant concentration of black people and quilombola communities.

Results:

This group’s conceptions of health are based on the combination of the individual body with the body that is socially and culturally situated in the community. Health care practices are anchored in cultural knowledge and strengthened by the bonds with nature, friends and religious leaders.

Conclusion:

The black men from quilombola communities are in a state of vulnerability due to the lack of access to health services.

Keywords: Descriptors, Health care, Men’s health, Health of the male population, Health of ethnic minorities, Group of ancestors from the african continent.