Concepciones culturales de hemofilia en padres que son miembros de una asociación civil en México / Cultural conceptions on hemophilia in parents who are members of a civil association in Mexico

Introducción: La hemofilia es un padecimiento crónico y existen actividades que, en dependencia de la persona, pueden mejorar la salud del paciente. Para poder entender estas acciones se necesita un acercamiento a las concepciones culturales que tienen las familias sobre la hemofilia. Objetivo: Describir las concepciones culturales respecto a la hemofilia que tienen los padres con hijos que padecen esta enfermedad y radican en la República Mexicana. Métodos: Se realizó un estudio cualitativo de investigación antropología cognitiva. Se les aplicaron dos entrevistas estructuradas a 64 padres, que pertenecían a la asociación civil. Se buscaron significados de hemofilia a partir del uso de cinco palabras y después se identificó si existía o no consenso entre los participantes. Resultados: Las principales categorías que se derivaron de las dimensiones culturales fueron: consecuencias derivadas del padecimiento y cómo se vive. Las principales dimensiones culturales responsabilidad y vivir. Dentro de la responsabilidad se encontró lo que el tratamiento implica, lo que debe superar la persona, lo no deseado y lo que debe aprender. En la dimensión vivir estuvo la afectación familiar, las repercusiones, los temores, su realidad y los conocimientos. Conclusiones: Aunque los informantes viven en diferentes partes del país tienen un alto consenso cultural sobre la hemofilia, su percepción, en general, muestra un panorama adverso para sus hijos en el contexto mexicano en el que se encuentran. Sienten responsabilidad compartida con el personal de salud, lo que debe ser aprovechado para que, tanto médicos como personas con el padecimiento y sus familias aprendan sobre las limitaciones de los tratamientos, miedos, experiencias de vida y las oportunidades de medicamentos oportunos que se pueden tomar como alternativas para mejorar la atención y adherencia al tratamiento(AU)

Introduction: Hemophilia is a chronic condition and there are activities that, depending on the person, can improve the patient's health. To be able to understand these actions it is needed an approach to the cultural conceptions that families have about hemophilia. Objectives: Describe the cultural conceptions regarding hemophilia that parents have with children who suffer from this disease and reside in the Mexican Republic. Methods: A qualitative study of cognitive anthropology research was conducted. Two structured interviews were applied to 64 parents, who belonged to the civil association. Hemophilia meanings were sought from the use of five words and then it was identified if existed or not consensus among participants. Results: The main categories that derived from cultural dimensions were: consequences derived from the condition and how it is lived. The main cultural dimensions were responsibility and living. Within responsibility it was found what the treatment implies, what the person must overcome, the unwanted and what the person must learn. In the living dimension were family affectation, repercussions, fears, reality and knowledge. Conclusions: Although informants live in different parts of the country, they have a high cultural consensus on hemophilia; their perception generally shows an adverse picture for their children in the Mexican context in which they find themselves. They feel shared responsibility with the health personnel, which should be leveraged so that both doctors and people with the condition and their families learn about treatment limitations, fears, life experiences and timely drugs that can be taken as alternatives to improve the care and adherence to treatment(AU)

Cultural Conceptions of Teachers on the Educational Model of a Public University of Ecuador / Concepciones culturales de los docentes sobre el modelo educativo de una universidad pública de ecuador

RESUMEN El objetivo del estudio fue indagar los significados culturales del concepto "modelo educativo" con la exploración de dimensiones cognitivas y el consenso cultural en docentes de una universidad pública ecuatoriana. Se aplicaron el diseño cualitativo, descriptivo y exploratorio enmarcados en la antropología cognitiva, así como las técnicas listados libres y sorteo por montones en fases sucesivas, la primera de 20 docentes y la segunda de 18 docentes cada vez, basados en el modelo de Romney, Weller y Batchelder. Se obtuvieron niveles del consenso cultural a razón de 5,213 y promedio de competencia cultural de 3,196, que demostraron acuerdo grupal. Se identificaron componentes principales, intermedios y secundarios. La jerarquización temática del discurso permitió agrupar en un modelo epistemológico, curricular y pedagógico. Se concluye que los participantes piensan en forma homogénea y los significados culturales del modelo educativo se ajustaron al consenso, sin variación cultural entre docentes.

ABSTRACT The objective of the study was to investigate the cultural meanings of the Educational Model concept, through the exploration of cognitive dimensions and the cultural consensus in teachers at an Ecuadorian public university. Methodology: Qualitative, descriptive, exploratory design; framed in Cognitive Anthropology. Free listing techniques were applied, and lots were drawn in successive phases; the first of 20 teachers, and the second of 18 teachers each time; based on the Romney, Weller, and Batchelder Model. Results: Cultural consensus levels in a ratio of 5,213, and cultural competence average of 3,196, showed agreement within the group. Main, intermediate, and secondary components were identified. The Thematic hierarchization of the discourse allowed for grouping in an epistemological, curricular, and pedagogical model. Conclusions: The participants think homogeneously, the cultural meanings of the educational model were adjusted to consensus, without cultural variation among teachers.

A novel application of cultural consensus models to evaluate conservation education programs.

Conservation professionals recognize the need to evaluate education initiatives with a flexible approach that is culturally appropriate. Cultural-consensus theory (CCT) provides a framework for measuring the extent to which beliefs are communally held and has long been applied by social scientists. In a conservation-education context, we applied CCT and used free lists (i.e., a list of items on a topic stated in order of cultural importance) and domain analysis (analysis of how free lists go together within a cultural group) to evaluate a conservation education program in which we used a children's picture book to increase knowledge about and empathy for a critically endangered mammal, the Javan slow loris (Nycticebus javanicus). We extracted free lists of keywords generated by students (n = 580 in 18 schools) from essays they wrote before and after the education program. In 2 classroom sessions conducted approximately 18 weeks apart, we asked students to write an essay about their knowledge of the target species and then presented a book and several activities about slow loris ecology. Prior to the second session, we asked students to write a second essay. We generated free lists from both essays, quantified salience of terms used, and conducted minimal residuals factor analysis to determine presence of cultural domains surrounding slow lorises in each session. Students increased their use of words accurately associated with slow loris ecology and conservation from 43% in initial essays to 76% in final essays. Domain coherence increased from 22% to 47% across schools. Fifteen factors contributed to the domain slow loris. Between the first and second essays, factors that showed the greatest change were feeding ecology and slow loris as a forest protector, which increased 7-fold, and the humancentric factor, which decreased 5-fold. As demonstrated by knowledge retention and creation of unique stories and conservation opinions, children achieved all six levels of Bloom's taxonomy of learning domains. Free from the constraints of questionnaires and surveys, CCT methods provide a promising avenue to evaluate conservation education programs.

Intento de suicidio en adolescentes mexicanos: perspectiva desde el consenso cultural / Suicide Attempts in Mexican Teenagers: a Cultural Consensus Theory Perspective

El suicidio es un problema de salud pública mundial y los adolescentes son los que presentan con mayor frecuencia esta problemática. El estudio realizado identifica la estructura semántica del dominio cultural, el promedio de conocimiento y el grado de consenso cultural que sobre el suicidio tienen adolescentes con tentativa suicida. El trabajo es un estudio cualitativo mediante la técnica de listas libres. Participaron 29 adolescentes (13 a 18 años). Las listas libres fueron sobre: las causas; los signos y los síntomas; lo que siente, piensa y hace un adolescente antes de cometer suicidio y las estrategias de prevención de éste. Los resultados muestran para cada pregunta un único modelo semántico en el dominio cultural. En lo estructural se identifican los problemas familiares como la causa del intento suicida; la depresión y la tristeza son síntomas previos al intento suicida. La tristeza y la soledad, salir del problema y suicidarse es lo que considera que siente, piensa y hace un adolescente previo al intento de suicidio. Como estrategias de prevención, se identifican le ponga más atención y hablar con él. Los resultados ponderan la importancia de la familia para los programas de prevención de las conductas suicidas en adolescentes.

The suicide is a problem of public world health and the adolescents are those who present with more frequency this problem. Nevertheless, the studies of the suicide phenomenon from a cultural perspective are limited. Cultural research in suicidology is important to develop the understanding of the meanings of suicidal behavior in different contexts. The cultural consensus theory would contribute to the cultural perspective of the knowledge of suicidal behaviors in terms of its internal elements and their functioning (emic) and this theory allows knowing if there exists a knowledge shared by a social group regarding an issue and allows to recognize its organization. The aim of this study was to identify the semantic structure of the cultural domain, as well as the average of knowledge and the degree of cultural consensus regarding suicide among adolescent suicide attempters. It was a qualitative study, using the free-listing technique, with a non-random sample made up of 29 adolescents between the ages of 13 and 18 years. The free lists were on: the causes; the signs and the symptoms; what he/she feels, thinks and does before attempting suicide and the strategies of suicide prevention at adolescence. The results showed for every question a single semantic model in the cultural domain suicide attempt. In such structure, the family problems were identified as the cause of suicidal attempt; the depression and the sadness were symptoms before suicidal attempt. The sadness, the loneliness and the angerwere what an adolescent feels before the suicide attempt. Furthermore, to get out of the problem and to end his/her life were what an adolescent thinks before attempting suicide and to commit suicide was what an adolescent does before to suicide attempt. To pay more attention, to talk with the adolescent, to improve the communication with the parents and to attend a psychotherapy were identified as strategies for suicide prevention. The results highlight the importance of the family of suicide prevention programs for adolescents based on cultural knowledge.

Conocimiento y uso de las plantas medicinales en la zona metropolitana de Guadalajara / Knowledge and use of medicinal plants in the metropolitan area of Guadalajara

Se destaca el conocimiento popular de "herbolarios, hierberos, yerberos o yerbateros" sobre las plantas medicinales utilizadas en mercados de la Zona Metropolitana de Guadalajara (zmg), en comparación con estudios fitoquímicos. Se rescatan datos sobre la práctica médica herbolaria con técnicas de antropología cognitiva. Las especies más utilizadas son: árnica, cuachalalate, tila, gordolobo, salvia, cola de caballo y boldo. Los resultados demuestran que existe consenso sobre las plantas medicinales que se usan, su efectividad y la conveniencia económica en contraste con las medicinas de patente. Se enfatiza la importancia de la comprensión del uso y significado de la enfermedad, y de la adquisición del conocimiento a través de generaciones por parte de los hierberos como un patrón de conocimiento cultural.

Consenso cultural sobre el intento de suicidio en adolescentes / Consenso cultural sobre tentativa de suicídio em adolescentes / Cultural consensus regarding suicide attempts in adolescents

Este estudio buscó identificar la estructura semántica del dominio cultural, el promedio de conocimiento y el grado de consenso cultural manifestado por los adolescentes sobre el intento de suicidio. Fue un estudio cualitativo de listas libres, con un muestreo propositivo no aleatorizado de 27 adolescentes entre 13 y 18 años. Los resultados evidenciaron un solo modelo semántico. En lo estructural se identificó el problema familiar como una causa importante del intento suicida; las categorías depresión y tristeza se consideraron como signos y síntomas previos a esta tentativa y no como causas. Como estrategias de prevención, se consideró recibir información mediante pláticas o establecer conversaciones sobre los problemas. Este modelo permite proponer estrategias de prevención que privilegien el núcleo familiar.

The objective of this study was to identify the semantic structure of the cultural domain, as well as the average knowledge and degree of cultural consensus among adolescents regarding suicide attempts. It was a qualitative study, using the free-listing technique, with a non-random sample made up of 27 adolescents between the ages of 13 and 18. The results showed a single semantic model. in such structure, family problems were identified as an important cause of suicide attempts, while depression and sadness were identified as signs and symptoms prior to the attempt, rather than as causes. Information talks and conversations about problems were suggested as prevention strategies. This model makes it possible to propose prevention strategies that prioritize the family nucleus.

Este estudo buscou identificar a estrutura semântica do domínio cultural, o nível de conhecimento e o grau de consenso cultural manifestado pelos adolescentes acerca da tentativa de suicídio. Foi um estudo qualitativo com listas livres e uma amostra propositiva, não aleatória, com 27 adolescentes entre 13 e 18 anos. Os resultados evidenciaram somente um modelo semântico. No estrutural identificou-se o problema familiar como uma causa importante para as tentativas de suicídio; enquanto que as categorias depressão e tristeza foram consideradas não como causas, mas como signos e sintomas prévios a esta tentativa. Como estratégias de prevenção foram consideradas a recepção da informação mediante diálogos livres ou mediante conversações sobre os problemas. Esse modelo permite propor estratégias de prevenção que privilegiem o núcleo familiar.