
handle: 11336/244776 , 10017/69075
Nicaragua es uno de los países con menor renta de Latinoamérica. En Nicaragua se carece de información sobre las mujeres sin hogar, quienes conforman un colectivo especialmente vulnerable, que experimenta condiciones de extrema pobreza y exclusión social. Este trabajo analiza el estado de salud, discapacidad y consumo de sustancias en una muestra de mujeres que sufren sinhogarismo (n = 30) en las ciudades de León y Chinandega (Nicaragua). Las participantes respondieron a una entrevista estructurada. Los resultados mostraron que este grupo de mujeres en Nicaragua presenta una mala percepción de su propia salud, un elevado padecimiento de enfermedades graves o crónicas y una elevada tasa de discapacidad. El consumo de alcohol o drogas (principalmente pegamento inhalado) parece afectar, en mayor medida, a las mujeres más jóvenes y durante el período de deslizamiento al sinhogarismo. Se observaron grandes similitudes entre las mujeres sin hogar de países de renta baja y países de renta alta, pese a las considerables diferencias culturales. El estilo de vida derivado de la adaptación a la vida en la calle somete a estas mujeres a un proceso acelerado de deterioro. La inadecuada alimentación, la falta de higiene y las barreras para acceder al sistema de salud perjudican su situación sanitaria, lo cual parece incidir importantemente en su prolongada permanencia en el sinhogarismo.
Nicaragua is one of the lowest-income countries in Latin America. In Nicaragua there is no information available regarding women living homeless, and they are a particularly vulnerable group in situations of extreme poverty and social exclusion. This paper analyses health, disability and substance use in a sample of women living homeless (n=30) in the cities of León and Chinandega (Nicaragua). The women were asked to respond to a structured interview. The results show that women living homeless in Nicaragua presented a poor perception of their own health, high incidence of serious or chronic illness and high rates of disability. Alcohol and drug use (mainly inhaled glue) appeared mainly to affect younger women, largely during the period of slipping into homelessness. Major similarities were observed between women living homeless in low-income and high-income countries, despite being culturally very different. The lifestyle resulting from the adaptation to living on the street life subjects women living homeless to a rapid process of deterioration. Poor diet, lack of hygiene and barriers to accessing healthcare lead to a poor state of health, which appears to have had a significant impact on the length of time they remain homeless.
Fil: Lenta, María Malena. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Psicología; Argentina
Fil: Berríos, Alberto. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Nicaragua; Nicaragua
Fil: Panadero, Sonia. Universidad Complutense de Madrid; España
Fil: Vázquez Cabrera, José Juan. Universidad de Alcalá; España
discapacidad, SINHOGARISMO, Educación, MUJERES, Salud, Education, HB1-3840, https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5.1, Sinhogarismo, https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5, Economic theory. Demography, Women, Substance misuse, CONSUMO DE SUSTANCIAS, Disability, sinhogarismo, Homelessness, consumo de sustancias, Mujeres, Consumo de sustancias, mujeres, Health, salud, Discapacidad, SALUD
discapacidad, SINHOGARISMO, Educación, MUJERES, Salud, Education, HB1-3840, https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5.1, Sinhogarismo, https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5, Economic theory. Demography, Women, Substance misuse, CONSUMO DE SUSTANCIAS, Disability, sinhogarismo, Homelessness, consumo de sustancias, Mujeres, Consumo de sustancias, mujeres, Health, salud, Discapacidad, SALUD
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