Perceptions and actions of the multi-professional health team on traditional indigenous medicine

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12957/reuerj.2024.77903

Keywords:

Delivery of Health Care, Health Services, Indigenous Peoples, Health of Indigenous Peoples, Traditional Indigenous Medicine of the Americas

Abstract

Objective: understanding the perceptions and actions of a multi-professional health team regarding the practice of traditional indigenous medicine in an Indigenous Health Care Center. Method: this is a descriptive qualitative study carried out in an Indigenous Health Support Center in a municipality in the state of Pará, which included eight professionals from a multi-professional team. Data was collected in 2018 and examined using the content analysis method. Results: insertion and practice of Christianity; shamanic rites and leadership; and the attitude of the multidisciplinary team were the categories listed, which point to the understandings and actions of the multi-professional team and the spatial organization of the Health Center in the municipality. Final considerations: there are new customs and values among ethnic groups, due to the approach of religious groups, whose actions were recorded and apprehended by the team of health workers.

Author Biographies

Nádile Juliane Costa de Castro, Universidade Federal do Pará

Nurse. PhD in Socio-environmental Sciences. Master in Tropical Diseases. Specialist in Public Health and arts teaching methodology. Professor at the Health Sciences Institute of the Universidade Federal do Pará. Belém, PA, Brazil.

Ligia Terezinha Lopes Simonian, Universidade Federal do Pará

Anthropologist. Master's and PhD in Anthropology. Researcher at the Center for High Amazonian Studies. Universidade Federal do Pará. Belém, PA, Brazil.

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2024-05-29

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Castro NJC de, Simonian LTL. Perceptions and actions of the multi-professional health team on traditional indigenous medicine. Rev. enferm. UERJ [Internet]. 2024 May 29 [cited 2025 Oct. 6];32(1):e77903. Available from: https://www.e-publicacoes.uerj.br/enfermagemuerj/article/view/77903

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