Bilingual guides: a strategy to decrease cultural barriers to health care access in the Wayuu communities of Maicao, Colombia

Bilingual guides: a strategy to decrease cultural barriers to health care access in the Wayuu communities of Maicao, Colombia

The article examines the use of bilingual guides to decrease cultural barriers to health care access in the Wayuu indigenous communities of Colombia. Within a larger project on HIV carried out between 2012 and 2014, 24 interviews were conducted with key actors in the administrative and health areas,...

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Main Authors: Sandra Yaneth Patiño-Londoño, Javier Mignone, Diana María Castro-Arroyave, Natalia Gómez Valencia, Carlos Alberto Rojas Arbeláez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Salud Colectiva, Universidad Nacional de Lanús 2016-10-01
Series:Salud Colectiva
Subjects:
Salud Indígena
Atención a la Salud
VIH
Equidad en el Acceso
Asistencia Sanitaria Culturalmente Competente
Colombia
Online Access:http://revistas.unla.edu.ar/saludcolectiva/article/view/883

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