Health promotion and gender power in the Oaxaca mixteca

Authors

  • María Dolores París-Pombo

Abstract

In this essay, I present some results from field work I carried out
in the Oaxaca Mixteca with a team of researchers from the
University of California at Santa Cruz (UCSC) and the Autonomous
Metropolitan University Xochimilco (UAM-X) in the context of the
Heath Promotion Project from a Binational Perspective, which
was initiated in January, 2007, and will end in June, 2008. The
objective is analyzing the perception of Mixteca and Triquis women
about health care in their communities and the transformation of
this perception once they migrate to California. The methodology
used in this research is qualitative in nature; in particular, it consists
of an analysis of the IMSS-Oportunidades program content, indepth
interviews with promoters and beneficiaries, as well as
participant observation in educational workshops included in the
program. Here, I analyze the impact of these workshops on the
autonomy of Triquis and Mixteca women, in their ability to make
decisions regarding their body and health. Mi criticism is focused
on the coercive character of health promotion and the aspects of
vigilance, control and gender power.

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2008-03-03

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París-Pombo, M. D. (2008). Health promotion and gender power in the Oaxaca mixteca. Agricultura, Sociedad Y Desarrollo, 5(1), 53–69. Retrieved from https://www.revista-asyd.org/index.php/asyd/article/view/1069

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Vol. 5 No. 1 (2008): Agricultura Sociedad y Desarrollo

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