Despite an extensive literature on energy poverty, the prevalence of this problem in indigenous populations is underexplored area. Additionally, Mexico and Latin America poverty just emerging research field. This paper contributes to mobilising debate populations, being first focus ethnicity as a social determinant by providing elements support progressive public policies targeting most vulnerable populations. With quantitative approach, exploratory scope, incorporating ethnic approach...

<p>En México la interculturalidad en salud se plantea como una política ideal para atención sanitaria de población indígena; sin embargo, esta implica convergencia dos sistemas conocimiento, lo cual permite interrogar su implementación. Desde perspectiva antropológica, analizó pertinencia zona cobertura médica indígena. Mediante un abordaje <em>etnográfico mixto </em>se aplicaron 35 cuestionarios al personal médico del Hospital General Ciudad Valles entre agosto 2012 y...

At the global level, strategies used by rural Indigenous populations to face energy poverty have not been studied. Pioneering in field, this work contributes filling gaps literature on subject, mobilize debate a problem that affects unequally, and outline key areas for policy. With quantitative approach taking as research scenario five municipalities with highest multidimensional State of San Luis Potosí, Mexico, paper analyzes households cope poverty. It finds considerable proportion has...

This paper analyzes the level of inclusion indigenous traditional knowledge about medicine in Mexican medical training, showing an angle place that maintains cultural diversity higher education nationally. Using a quantitative, cross-sectional, exploratory and descriptive design, instruments were applied to survey 85 institutions registered with Association Colleges Schools Medicine (known by its Spanish acronym AMFEM); data analyzed quantitatively qualitatively. Of these institutions, only...

This paper analyzes the social inequities lived by Mexican indigenous population beginning from its condition as a minority group, focusing particularly on case of health, it being understood that reflects conditions are in other spheres structure. As such, with design quantitative nature and an explorative scope, during period November 2012 through October 2013, diagnostic assessment was conducted situation experienced population, utilizing methodology ethnic focus proposed Pan American...

This paper presents a historical analysis on the Medical and Surgical Academy of Puebla de los ángeles, which was founded in Mexico 1824. The methodology science history used, particularly historiography. above mentioned can be considered first institution that Independent period approached scientifically indigenous knowledge medicinal plants, across disciplines as botany, chemistry medicine. In this academy two Mexican scientific works analyzed topic were published; one book botany second...

From a systematic review of scientific publications and diverse research materials, this article identifies characterizes the elements that affect in educationally backward Mexican indigenous population, showing current scene supports prolongs above mentioned problematic. In way, it was found population has remarkable disadvantages contrast to non-indigenous national what concerns rate his components: poverty, monolingualism, discrimination, bad quality education geographical distribution...

Objetivo. Dimensionar y caracterizar la pobreza energética en población indígena del Estado de San Luis Potosí, México. Metodología. Se diseñó, validó aplicó, mediante muestreo estadístico aleatorio, un instrumento tipo cuestionario los cinco municipios indígenas con mayores tasas marginación. Los datos recolectados fueron capturados analizados estadísticamente. Resultados. La vertiente más grave está el acceso a combustibles no contaminantes, dado que uso leña hogares alcanza 93.2 %,...

Este trabajo analiza la valorización de saberes tradicionales sobre plantas medicinales en el espacio académico-científico mexicano, focalizando suinstitucionalización Universidad Nacional Autónoma México (UNAM). Así, considerando que figura una tesis, y su propuesta, constituye un instrumento movilización saberes, se identificaron caracterizaron los trabajos realizados a este respecto UNAM durante las décadas1900-2010, complementando datos mediante investigación documental entrevistas con...