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Health Inequalities Between Afro-descendants and Non-Afro-descendants in Peru: Evidence from the Demographic and Family Health Survey

Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities
The Afro-Peruvian population is one of the ethnic minorities most affected by cultural, socioeconomic, and health barriers; however, there is little evidence on health inequalities in this ethnic group. Therefore, We aimed to determine health inequalities among the Peruvian Afro-descendant population in comparison with non-Afro-descendants.A cross ...
Akram Hernandez-Vasquez   +1 more
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Afro-descendant Populations

2022
Afro-American communities in Latin America and the Caribbean are rooted in their own particular cultural context, but in dialogue with Indigenous peoples, mestizos and whites. Justification for the slave trade in the Americas was based on Christianising the slaves. It was by fully using the Catholic liturgical calendar itself that slaves in much of the
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Polymorphisms of apolipoprotein E in the Afro-descendant population of Buenaventura, Colombia

Revista Colombiana de Psiquiatría, 2022
To estimate the frequency distribution, both allelic and genotypic, of the APOE gene in the Afro-descendant population of Buenaventura, Colombia.Three hundred and forty-eight Afro-descendant individuals were analysed and the APOE locus was genotyped by PCR-RFLP.
Vivian Andrea, Perdomo   +2 more
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Impacts of violence on the mental health of Afro-descendant survivors in Colombia

Medicine, Conflict and Survival, 2021
The Colombian armed conflict has disproportionately affected minorities, especially afro-Colombian communities. However, there is a lack of evidence about mental health of victims. This study aims to describe the prevalence of mental illness and its associated factors in Afro-descendant violence survivors in Buenaventura and Quibdó, Colombia.
Francisco J. Bonilla-Escobar   +6 more
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Health of Afro-descendant People in Latin America

2022
This report will build upon previous work and reports, analyzing existing publications to consolidate data already available on Afrodescendent health, with the aim of identifying key gaps in data on Afrodescendent health in the region, and recommending the areas of need for further work.
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