Knowledge and practices about health among Quilombola men: contributions to health care.
Felipe Valino Dos Santos, Ivaneide Leal Ataíde Rodrigues, Laura Maria Vidal Nogueira and 3 others
PMID 38088663WHAT IT FOUND
Quilombola men in Brazilian communities saw health as absence of pain and ability to work, used home remedies and medicines, and delayed clinic visits because work schedules and beliefs about male strength limited care-seeking.
Key findings
01Men described health as the absence of pain or symptoms and as the ability to keep working.
02They mainly tried to solve health problems with medicine, food, and other practices, not routine preventive visits.
03They often ignored weakness and sought formal care only for emergencies, severe symptoms, or at family insistence.
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What it does not show
The study was done in Quilombola communities in a municipality in Pará, so the findings may not apply to urban men or other cultural groups. It described knowledge and practices but did not test whether any nursing or health service strategy changes care-seeking or health outcomes. Participants were recruited through a health unit and during routine activities, so men who completely avoid services may be underrepresented. Only adult men were included, so the study says nothing about women, older men, or younger men.
Declared interests
The study received financial support from CAPES through an academic master’s scholarship for the first author. No other conflicts of interest are reported.
The easy way to misread this
Do not conclude that these themes apply to all men or that changing clinic hours will increase care-seeking. The study is descriptive and was limited to men in Quilombola communities.