Interactions between global processes and local health problems. A human ecology approach to health among indigenous groups in the Amazon

Interactions between global processes and local health problems. A human ecology approach to health among indigenous groups in the Amazon

This article deals with methodological issues and how to link global processes - social and ecological - with environmental changes and human health in local communities. The discussion concerns how interdisciplinary approaches can help us find tools to develop new knowledge. Scientific knowledge an...

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Main Author: Follér Maj-Lis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz 2001-01-01
Series:Cadernos de Saúde Pública
Subjects:
Human Ecology
Amazonian Ecosystem
South American Indians
Health
Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-311X2001000700020
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spelling doaj-ec813ea897364ad78fc72e486bba04862020-11-25T01:59:43ZengEscola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo CruzCadernos de Saúde Pública0102-311X1678-44642001-01-0117suppl115126Interactions between global processes and local health problems. A human ecology approach to health among indigenous groups in the AmazonFollér Maj-LisThis article deals with methodological issues and how to link global processes - social and ecological - with environmental changes and human health in local communities. The discussion concerns how interdisciplinary approaches can help us find tools to develop new knowledge. Scientific knowledge and local knowledge are not seen as opposite epistemological forms, but as socially and culturally constructed. Power and social legitimacy have to be included when analyzing how to deal with the interaction between global processes and local environmental change and the health/disease interface.http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-311X2001000700020Human EcologyAmazonian EcosystemSouth American IndiansHealth
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Interactions between global processes and local health problems. A human ecology approach to health among indigenous groups in the Amazon
Cadernos de Saúde Pública
Human Ecology
Amazonian Ecosystem
South American Indians
Health
author_facet Follér Maj-Lis
author_sort Follér Maj-Lis
title Interactions between global processes and local health problems. A human ecology approach to health among indigenous groups in the Amazon
title_short Interactions between global processes and local health problems. A human ecology approach to health among indigenous groups in the Amazon
title_full Interactions between global processes and local health problems. A human ecology approach to health among indigenous groups in the Amazon
title_fullStr Interactions between global processes and local health problems. A human ecology approach to health among indigenous groups in the Amazon
title_full_unstemmed Interactions between global processes and local health problems. A human ecology approach to health among indigenous groups in the Amazon
title_sort interactions between global processes and local health problems. a human ecology approach to health among indigenous groups in the amazon
publisher Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz
series Cadernos de Saúde Pública
issn 0102-311X
1678-4464
publishDate 2001-01-01
description This article deals with methodological issues and how to link global processes - social and ecological - with environmental changes and human health in local communities. The discussion concerns how interdisciplinary approaches can help us find tools to develop new knowledge. Scientific knowledge and local knowledge are not seen as opposite epistemological forms, but as socially and culturally constructed. Power and social legitimacy have to be included when analyzing how to deal with the interaction between global processes and local environmental change and the health/disease interface.
topic Human Ecology
Amazonian Ecosystem
South American Indians
Health
url http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-311X2001000700020
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