A pediculose entre os Xavante: epidemiologia e breve etnografia

Abstract

Pediculosis is an exclusively human ectoparasitosis and of high prevalence from the earliest times, being considered a serious public health problem, above all in the school age group. Among Indigenous Peoples, has long been described as one of the most frequent ectoparasites, inclusive in the Xavante populations. Currently, pediculosis continues to seriously affect indigenous populations and the, even with this scenery, there is still a lack of studies on the subject. In this study, aimed to understand the occurrence of pediculosis among the Xavante of the São Marcos Indigenous Land. This is a cross-sectional descriptive study with a qualiquantitative approach. The research was conducted in the village Nossa Senhora de Guadalupe, located approximately 120 kilometers east of the municipality of Barra do Garças/MT. They were part of the study, 233 indigenous people living in that village during the collection period. The data were obtained through an interview with a script recorded on electronic media (voice recording) and a data form composed of the variables: sex, age, education and presence of pediculosis, completed by the researcher. f the 233 individuals examined, 51.1% were male and 48.9% female. Pediculosis has severely affected the population and Xavante culture-related factors have been identified that may interfere with the occurrence of pediculosis.