Health resources and strategies: knowledge and practices of women from popular segments

Authors

  • Edir Nei Teixeira Mandu Universidade de São Paulo; Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto
  • Graciette Borges da Silva Universidade de São Paulo; Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-11692000000400003

Keywords:

women´s health, public health, health resources

Abstract

This study presents a reflection on the health resources and strategies used by poor Brazilian women and that coexist with "official" medical practices. For this qualitative research, the authors applied social representation categories as central categories of analysis, which were understood as part of contradictory social relations and of the collective history of the groups. The peculiar way by which popular segments reaffirm and, at the same time, deny their own knowledge/action as a counterpoint to the dominant medical practices is brought into focus, beginning from the utilization of a varied set of health resources and strategies that include measures such as household-medicine, medical and religious practices, self-medication, consultations with "pharmacists" and orientation by local health agents.

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Published

2000-08-01

Issue

Vol. 8 No. 4 (2000)

Section

Original Articles

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How to Cite

Mandu, E. N. T., & Silva, G. B. da. (2000). Health resources and strategies: knowledge and practices of women from popular segments. Revista Latino-Americana De Enfermagem, 8(4), 15-21. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-11692000000400003