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Gender and Its Role in the Resilience of Local Medical Systems of the Fulni-ô People in NE Brazil: Effects on Structure and Functionality
Joint Authors
Medeiros, Patrícia Muniz de
Torres-Avilez, Wendy
Nascimento, André Luiz Borba do
Santoro, Flavia Rosa
Albuquerque, Ulysses Paulino de
Source
Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Issue
Vol. 2019, Issue 2019 (31 Dec. 2019), pp.1-15, 15 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2019-06-12
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
15
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Ethnobotanical studies focused on understanding how local medical systems are functionally maintained suggest that utilitarian redundancy and knowledge transmission are factors that influence the resilience of the system.
However, to date, there have not been any studies that analyze these factors in relation to the variables that influence the variation of knowledge.
Given the above, this study aims to analyze the influence of gender in the resilience of the system, using utilitarian redundancy and knowledge transmission as factors.
Information from 198 married couples (396 people) was collected from the indigenous community of Fulni-ô (NE Brazil).
Knowledge between men and women was analyzed based on the total number of known plants, therapeutic targets, information units, utilitarian redundancy, models of transmission, and sharing for each gender.
Fulni-ô men know a greater number of plants, therapeutic targets treated with plants, and information units than women.
They also had greater utilitarian redundancy.
However, regarding knowledge transmission, sharing among women was greater, transmission is related to gender, and there is no difference between the numbers of models of knowledge information.
In the system of local medical knowledge, gender exerts an important role in the resilience of the system.
This study shows that men have a greater contribution to the structure and function of the system; however, both genders contribute to the flow of information in the system, which makes both genders important in the feedback of information.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Torres-Avilez, Wendy& Nascimento, André Luiz Borba do& Santoro, Flavia Rosa& Medeiros, Patrícia Muniz de& Albuquerque, Ulysses Paulino de. 2019. Gender and Its Role in the Resilience of Local Medical Systems of the Fulni-ô People in NE Brazil: Effects on Structure and Functionality. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine،Vol. 2019, no. 2019, pp.1-15.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1151209
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Torres-Avilez, Wendy…[et al.]. Gender and Its Role in the Resilience of Local Medical Systems of the Fulni-ô People in NE Brazil: Effects on Structure and Functionality. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine No. 2019 (2019), pp.1-15.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1151209
American Medical Association (AMA)
Torres-Avilez, Wendy& Nascimento, André Luiz Borba do& Santoro, Flavia Rosa& Medeiros, Patrícia Muniz de& Albuquerque, Ulysses Paulino de. Gender and Its Role in the Resilience of Local Medical Systems of the Fulni-ô People in NE Brazil: Effects on Structure and Functionality. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2019. Vol. 2019, no. 2019, pp.1-15.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1151209
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1151209