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    Indigenous Ways of Explaining Health and Illness

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    Davis, Morgan
    Abstract
    The purpose of this qualitative descriptive study was to examine indigenous ways of explaining health and illness from the perspectives of Mayans in one rural village in Guatemala. A bilingual research team conducted interviews with 10 Maya adults (nine female and one male). Interviews were conducted in Spanish, audiotaped, and transcribed from Spanish to English. A native-speaker validated all interviews. Content analysis was used to identify commonalities and differences in explaining health and illness. Health was explained as eating healthy foods and drinking filtered water. All participants reported the use of herbs contributing to health and in treating illness. Herbs used were those grown on el monte/the mountain. Illness was explained by changes in behavior, such as sadness, lethargy, and a lack of appetite. Participants used the puesto de salud/health post and family members for advice on health and illness. Only one participant reported contact with a traditional healer for illness care. A Mayan explanation of health coincides with the Sustainable Development Goals (2017) of food security and access to safe drinking water. For many families living in Guatemala these basic necessities come only as a result of global partnerships. The puesto de salud is a valuable community resource that may benefit from global partnerships to build capacity and sustain resources.
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    http://hdl.handle.net/10342/6557
    Subject
    Maya, indigenous, health, illness, culture
    Date
    2017-12-11
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    Davis, Morgan. (December 2017). Indigenous Ways of Explaining Health and Illness (Honors Thesis, East Carolina University). Retrieved from the Scholarship. (http://hdl.handle.net/10342/6557.)

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    Davis, Morgan. Indigenous Ways of Explaining Health and Illness. Honors Thesis. East Carolina University, December 2017. The Scholarship. http://hdl.handle.net/10342/6557. August 10, 2022.
    Chicago:
    Davis, Morgan, “Indigenous Ways of Explaining Health and Illness” (Honors Thesis., East Carolina University, December 2017).
    AMA:
    Davis, Morgan. Indigenous Ways of Explaining Health and Illness [Honors Thesis]. Greenville, NC: East Carolina University; December 2017.
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    East Carolina University

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