Factores determinantes de la salud y la enfermedad: Mujeres en condición de desplazamiento en Medellín, Colombia 2015

Abstract

The relationship between structural life conditions and the health status of specific populations has been proven through a social determinants approach. Moreover, this relationship tends to become more complex with the appearance of conflicts that accentuate vulnerability. The aim of this study was to describe the life experiences of women displaced by violence and the effects of displacement on health/disease processes. A qualitative approach with elements from Strauss' and Corbin's Grounded Theory was used in the study, which included a total of 49 displaced women. Data were analyzed via coding, categorization and interpretation before theorizing. In addition, the conceptual description of perception, meaning, health/disease, public health, gender and displacement was taken into account. The main finding was that displacement and social and cultural representations have a considerable effect on the meaning and manner in which the women's health/disease processes are perceived.