Gendered medicinal plant knowledge contributions to adaptive capacity and health sovereignty in Amazonia.
Ambio
; 45(Suppl 3): 263-275, 2016 Dec.
Article
em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-27878530
Local medical systems are key elements of social-ecological systems as they provide culturally appropriate and locally accessible health care options, especially for populations with scarce access to biomedicine. The adaptive capacity of local medical systems generally rests on two pillars: species diversity and a robust local knowledge system, both threatened by local and global environmental change. We first present a conceptual framework to guide the assessment of knowledge diversity and redundancy in local medicinal knowledge systems through a gender lens. Then, we apply this conceptual framework to our research on the local medicinal plant knowledge of the Tsimane' Amerindians. Our results suggest that Tsimane' medicinal plant knowledge is gendered and that the frequency of reported ailments and the redundancy of knowledge used to treat them are positively associated. We discuss the implications of knowledge diversity and redundancy for local knowledge systems' adaptive capacity, resilience, and health sovereignty.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Plantas Medicinais
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Nível de Saúde
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Conhecimento
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Identidade de Gênero
Aspecto:
Determinantes_sociais_saude
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Patient_preference
Limite:
Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Região como assunto:
America do sul
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Bolivia
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Ambio
Ano de publicação:
2016
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Espanha
País de publicação:
Suécia