Una separación artificial: Grupos yumanos de México y Estados Unidos

Robertson, Miguel Wilken

doi:10.21670/ref.1993.31-32.a05

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1993

DOI: 10.21670/ref.1993.31-32.a05

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Una separación artificial: Grupos yumanos de México y Estados Unidos

Miguel Wilken Robertson

Abstract: Los grupos indígenas sobrevivientes de Baja California están vinculados estrechamente por lazos de lengua, cultura e historia con los grupos indígenas del sur de California y Arizona; todos estos grupos integran la región yumana- Este artículo examina la importancia de cada uno de los grupos yumanos bajaca1ifornianos dentro del contexto de la región como una totalidad, en lugar de separarlos arbitrariamente en yumanos mexicanos y estadounidenses. Se analizan algunos de los elementos paralelos de la tradición o… Show more

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Northern Baja California Indian women's concepts of illness and healing: Implications for public health and clinical practitioners

Longstreth

Wilken-Robertson

2010

Global Public Health

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Lay health care workers (promotores) interviewed 313 female members of remote Indian groups in northern Baja California, Mexico regarding: (1) common childhood and adult illnesses and endorsement of 'traditional' and modern therapies; (2) illness causation beliefs and knowledge of biomedical principles; and (3) the relation of ethnic identity with concepts of effective biomedical and non-biomedical therapy. The most common illnesses/symptoms reported in adults were diabetes, hypertension, high cholesterol, cold/flu, diarrhoea, low/variable blood pressure and arthritis; and in children, cold/flu, diarrhoea, bronchitis, cough, fever, empacho and dehydration. Of 285 informants, more reported at least one childhood disorder than who reported at least one adult disorder was most helped by traditional therapy [83 (29.1%) versus 44 (15.4%); P<0.0001] and both therapies [81 (28.4%) versus 42 (14.7%); P<0.001]. They reported eight naturalistic and two personalistic illness causes and manifested variable biomedical knowledge. Indian or mixed Indian/Mexican ethnic self-identity predominated, and Indian identity was unrelated to endorsement of traditional therapy. The 'biocultural synthesis' is a useful theoretical framework for viewing the findings. The Indians' pluralistic concepts have important implications for public health care workers and biomedical practitioners.

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Northern Baja California Indian women's concepts of illness and healing: Implications for public health and clinical practitioners

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2010

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Southern California Indian Concepts of Illness and Healing from Antiquity to the Present

Longstreth¹

2007

American Indian Culture and Research Journal

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Southern California Indian concepts of illness and healing (the causality, prevention, and treatment of illness) have evolved over thousands of years. These concepts and spirituality were closely related, important components of the precontact Southern California Indian worldview, a well-covered topic in Michael Kearney's World View (1984). Indians' current beliefs and practices, including their endorsement of biomedical health care, have major effects on their lives today. The varied theoretical perspectives of medical anthropology lead to understanding the past and present influences on their concepts and practices, and the collaboration of applied anthropologists with biomedical practitioners is seen increasingly as crucial to optimizing their care.This article summarizes written material on illness and healing concepts among Southern California Indians and related Northern Baja California tribes from the prehistoric era to the present, primarily for use by social science researchers and teachers. The article's secondary objective is to provide a background for public health workers and health care practitioners on important prehistorical, historical, and contemporary cultural features. The bibliographic comments begin with pertinent publications on the anthropology of medicine and are followed by archaeological and ethnographic

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Una separación artificial: Grupos yumanos de México y Estados Unidos

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Northern Baja California Indian women's concepts of illness and healing: Implications for public health and clinical practitioners

Northern Baja California Indian women's concepts of illness and healing: Implications for public health and clinical practitioners

Southern California Indian Concepts of Illness and Healing from Antiquity to the Present

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