Abstract
To discuss the fundamental aspects in the establishment of preventive measures to tackle covid-19 among indigenous people in view of the motivations for seeking health care in villages of the Terra Indígena Buriti, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. Theoretical-reflective study based on assumptions of the National Health System and previous ethnographic research that enabled the identification of the motivations to seek health care in Buriti villages. Indigenous people seek health centers for health care programs assistance, treatment of cases they cannot resolve and to chat. Such motivations were the basis for discussing the indigenization process in the confrontation of the new coronavirus pandemic in indigenous lands. The motivations for seeking health care show the physical and social vulnerability of the Terena ethnicity. The effectiveness of the social isolation measure in the villages depends on the dialogue with indigenous leaders, professional engagement and intersectoral actions.
Highlights
Indigenous peoples represent 5% of the world’s population and one third of the 900 million people living in extreme poverty on the planet(1)
The covid-19 pandemic unveils and reaffirms the scenario of inequalities experienced by population groups worldwide and in Brazil
We aimed to answer the following question: how do motivations that lead indigenous people to seek the Brazilian SUS care in the village can influence the coping with the new coronavirus pandemic in an indigenous village in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil? To answer this question and expand knowledge about the performance of the Brazilian State in the health care of indigenous people, we present this theoreticalreflective study based on a previous study(8)
Summary
Indigenous peoples represent 5% of the world’s population and one third of the 900 million people living in extreme poverty on the planet(1). Brazilian indigenous people have experienced different inequalities related to access to health services due to ethnic-racial disparities and the vulnerability of rural populations(2) This situation corroborates the need for effective public policies aimed at this portion of the population(1-3), especially in the current scenario of coping with the new coronavirus pandemic. Knowing the motivations to seek health services allows the identification of individualized health care strategies for the indigenous population that have effective results in health promotion, disease prevention, early diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation With this reflection, we aimed to answer the following question: how do motivations that lead indigenous people to seek the Brazilian SUS care in the village can influence the coping with the new coronavirus (covid-19) pandemic in an indigenous village in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil? We aimed to answer the following question: how do motivations that lead indigenous people to seek the Brazilian SUS care in the village can influence the coping with the new coronavirus (covid-19) pandemic in an indigenous village in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil? To answer this question and expand knowledge about the performance of the Brazilian State in the health care of indigenous people, we present this theoreticalreflective study based on a previous study(8)
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