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Desacatos
On-line version ISSN 2448-5144Print version ISSN 1607-050X
Abstract
GARCIA DE ALBA, Javier E.; SALCEDO, Ana L. and LOPEZ COUTINO, Berenice. Una aproximación al conocimiento cultural de la diabetes mellitus tipo 2 en el occidente de México. Desacatos [online]. 2006, n.21, pp.97-108. ISSN 2448-5144.
Diabetes in Mexico has grown notably. In order to know the socio-cultural representations of diabetes, a study was conducted on two groups of people with this disease in Tepic and Guadalajara, using a transversal design in three stages, with anthropologic techniques structured to establish a cultural consensus, semantic models of the causes, complications and trajectory of diabetes mellitus type 2.The results suggest a shared model of causes for both sexes, in which diabetes is represented as a process in which the experiences and control of the disease play determinant roles in the construction of the representation.
Keywords : diabetes; cultural consensus; semantic models; disease trajectory.