Shame as a barrier to health seeking among indigenous Huichol migrant labourers: An interpretive approach of the "violence continuum" and "authoritative knowledge"

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 97, Issue , 2013, Pages 75-81

  Gamlin, Jennie B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health inequalities; Huichol culture; Indigenous health; Mexico; Shame; Structural violence

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL RELATIONS; ETHNICITY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SERVICES; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; LIFESTYLE; MARGINALIZATION; PSYCHOLOGY; RACISM; SUBSISTENCE; VIOLENCE;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; KNOWLEDGE; LIFESTYLE; MEXICO; MIGRANT WORKER; PHYSICIAN; PRENATAL CARE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SHAME; SOCIAL WELFARE; TOBACCO INDUSTRY;

HEALTH INEQUALITIES; HUICHOL CULTURE; INDIGENOUS HEALTH; MEXICO; SHAME; STRUCTURAL VIOLENCE;

ADULT; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RACISM; SHAME; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; VIOLENCE;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 84886244072     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.08.012     Document Type: Article

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