Health disparities among indigenous populations in Latin America: a scoping review

International Journal for Equity in Health, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 24(1)

Published: April 30, 2025

Health disparities persist among Indigenous populations in Latin America, reflecting systemic inequities and historical marginalization. These span infectious diseases, malnutrition, chronic conditions, necessitating a comprehensive understanding to inform equitable public health strategies. This scoping review aims map affecting identify research gaps, policy recommendations. Following PRISMA-ScR guidelines, we systematically searched PubMed, Embase, Scielo for studies with data collected between May 2014 2024. Studies were included if they examined contained comparator related disparities, presented quantitative data. We excluded on oral health, risk factors, genetic system access, ecological studies, as well non-research articles such commentaries letters the editor. Data synthesized narratively, summarizing key themes. Of 1,116 identified articles, 35 met inclusion criteria, spanning nine American countries. Most cross-sectional (n = 18) or cohort-based 16). Infectious diseases malnutrition most studied topics, consistently showing higher incidence mortality rates populations. Many papers highlighted COVID-19 groups experiencing mortality. Malnutrition, particularly stunting anemia, was significantly more prevalent children women. overweight obesity showed mixed results. Chronic including kidney disease cardiovascular issues, notable while mental cancer underrepresented. America face dual burden of compounded by structural barriers poverty, geographic isolation, discrimination. Addressing these requires culturally tailored interventions, reforms, prioritization. is limited database restrictions, search term variability, language time frame constraints, absence methodological quality assessment, inconsistencies defining status, exclusion grey literature, focus prevalence rather than diagnosis, treatment, which may result an incomplete representation America. Future should incorporate outcomes provide disparities.

Language: Английский

Diminished Returns of Maternal Education on Children's Vaccination Status for Indigenous Women in Peru

Social Science & Medicine, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 370, P. 117862 - 117862

Published: Feb. 20, 2025

Language: Английский