Heterogeneidad de las pr?cticas nutricionales a nivel del hogar en Chitacaspi,Ecuador
- Authors
- Jaramillo D?vila, Mar?a Gabriela
- Format
- MasterThesis
- Status
- publishedVersion
- Description
Given the current nutrition concerns in contexts of poverty and adversity, new insights on nutrition are needed. Most of conventional approaches for improving nutrition focus either on changing behaviors at the individual-level, or in large scale solutions, such as giving nutritional supplements, overlooking the heterogeneity of diverse socio-cultural settings. The nutritional status is shaped by the interplay of countless different factors; and even in conditions of adversity the people manage to be healthy and well nourished. In this research I approach nutrition as a set of social practices, embedded in the complex settings of household?s daily life and interactions. The focus on the household level and its unique configurations allows exploring the heterogeneity, within and between the households. The aim of this research is to explore the nuances of family-level nutritional practices, in Chitacaspi, a small rural village in the Ecuadorian Andes, with special attention to highly vulnerable women and children, as a means of identifying existing opportunities for improving family health.
En contextos de pobreza y malnutrici?n se necesitan nuevos enfoques para abordar el tema. Los enfoques convencionales se centran en mejorar la nutrici?n ya sea a nivel individual o en soluciones a gran escala, sin tomar en cuenta la heterogeneidad de pr?cticas dentro de los diversos entornos socioculturales. Esta investigaci?n trata a la nutrici?n como un conjunto de pr?cticas sociales, dentro de los complejos escenarios de la vida y las interacciones cotidianas en los hogares.
- Publication Year
- 2013
- Language
- eng
- Topic
- NUTRICI?N
SOBERAN?A ALIMENTARIA
ANTROPOLOG?A
NIVEL FAMILIAR
PR?CTICAS SOCIALES
- Repository
- Repositorio SENESCYT
- Rights
- openAccess
- License