SOCIO-CULTURAL FACTORS OF MATERNAL INFANT MORBIMORTALITY, WAYÚU COMMUNITY, JURISDICTION OF NAZARET, MUNICIPALITY OF URIBÍA DEPARTMENT OF LA GUAJIRA.

The research team identified a significant problem regarding maternal and infant morbidity and mortality rates in the Wayuu community of Nazareth, Colombia. They gathered information from two sources: a university student from the Wayuu ethnic group who reported the concerning situation within the village, and data from various agencies and reports, which confirmed a rise in morbidity and mortality rates from 2015 to 2019. Further investigation revealed that several factors, including socioeconomic and cultural conditions unique to the Wayuu community and limited access to healthcare services, were contributing to this issue. The Wayuu community's customs and traditional health practices also played a role. Given the complexity of the problem, the research aims to deeply study the sociocultural factors affecting maternal and infant health in the Wayuu community. The goal is to develop a scientific understanding of how these factors influence morbidity and mortality rates and, ultimately, to design public health policies that integrate traditional Wayuu medicine and worldview with state healthcare practices. This approach seeks to bridge the gap between two distinct cultures and improve the health and well-being of pregnant women and children in the Wayuu community, with the potential to extend these solutions to the broader Wayuu population in Colombia.

研究团队在哥伦比亚拿撒勒的瓦尤（Wayuu）社区发现了母婴发病率与死亡率层面的严峻问题。该团队通过两类渠道收集相关信息：其一为一名来自瓦尤族的大学生，其上报了村内存在的此类令人担忧的健康状况；其二为各类机构与报告提供的数据，这些资料证实2015年至2019年间当地母婴发病率与死亡率呈上升趋势。进一步调研显示，多项因素共同加剧了这一问题：包括瓦尤社区特有的社会经济与文化处境、医疗服务获取渠道匮乏，此外瓦尤社区的传统习俗与本土医疗实践也产生了一定影响。鉴于该问题的复杂性，本研究旨在深入探究影响瓦尤社区母婴健康的社会文化因素。研究目标是科学阐释上述因素对发病率与死亡率的作用机制，并最终设计出将瓦尤传统医学与世界观融入国家医疗实践的公共卫生政策。该研究路径旨在弥合两种截然不同的文化间的隔阂，改善瓦尤社区孕产妇与儿童的健康福祉，且该解决方案有望推广至哥伦比亚境内更广泛的瓦尤族群群体。