Abstract

GONZALEZ MARTINEZ, Farith; PUELLO DEL RIO, Edwin  and  DIAZ CABALLERO, Antonio. Social Representations on the Oral Health and Disease in the families living in La Boquilla Cartagena-Colombia. Rev Clin Med Fam [online]. 2010, vol.3, n.1, pp.27-35. ISSN 2386-8201.

Objective: To describe the representations that guide the social construiction of knowledge on oral health and disease in families living in the town of La Boquilla Cartagena. Design: Qualitative study, using an ethnographical method. Setting: The town of La Boquilla Cartagena-Colombia. Participants: 15 families from the town in order to obtain useful information for the purpose of the study. Main measurements: Representations on the aeiology, prevention and treatment of oral disease, origin and meaning of oral health knowledge. Results: We found interpretations on health and oral disease, which were influenced by culture, work, poverty and emotions, scientifically unsound which are able to recognize a social being with certain health attitudes and behaviour different from those of Western culture, but trying to find a solution to the problem from different dimensions. Conclusions: The social representations on health and oral disease in the town of La Boquilla- Cartagena, exert an influence on the appropriation of useful knowledge applicable to the family, to the point of challenging scientific knowledge transmitted by health professionals and thus draw conclusions based on an individual reflection from an empirical perspective.

Keywords : Interpersonal Relations; Health Promotion; Primary Prevention; Anthropology; Culture.

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